3 The world is facing severe environmental fallout from efforts to stifle Russia’s war economy. Satellite imagery analysed by Politico shows that a growing fleet of unregulated, ageing tankers—operating in defiance of Western sanctions—is causing oil spills across international waters, endangering ecosystems and global economies. In March, British coastguards detected a 23-kilometre-long oil slick off Scotland’s coast. The culprit was likely the Innova , a tanker transporting 1 million barrels