The French navy has intercepted a ship belonging to Russia's shadow fleet, the second in a month, after it failed a ...

Key Points - Russia's naval presence in the Mediterranean, historically reliant on its Tartus base in Syria, faces a marked decline. -This downturn is attributed to an aging fleet plagued by ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a special series in collaboration with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, “Black Sea’s Back.” Since the Ukraine crisis resulted in a sustained ...