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•Aug 25, 2026

Tracking a Sanctioned Russian Vessel’s West African Odyssey

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. A sanctioned vessel that was previously reported to have transported weapons destined for Russian mercenaries has been traversing ports on the west coast of Africa since March, exhibiting what experts told Bellingcat  was an unusual set of movements and behaviours. Patria (IMO: […] The post Tracking a Sanctioned Russian Vessel’s West African Odyssey appeared first on bellingcat.