Russia said on Wednesday ‌that ​the U.S. seizure of a Russian-flagged oil ‌tanker in the Atlantic was a violation of maritime law, and a senior lawmaker described ​it as "outright piracy". Russia's Transport Ministry said contact with the vessel,

US forces have seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker ‌after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic.

A weeks-long chase across the Atlantic ended on Wednesday morning when the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. military special forces, bearing a judicial seizure warrant, apprehended the Marinera crude oil tan...