A high-stakes confrontation is unfolding on the open seas after #Russia made a formal diplomatic demand that the #UnitedStates stop pursuing an oil tanker now fleeing the U.S. Coast Guard in the #Atlantic. The vessel, known as #BellaOne, had been sailing from #Iran toward #Venezuela when U.S. forces attempted to board it, calling it a stateless ship subject to seizure under #internationallaw. Instead, the crew refused to comply, turned back toward the Atlantic, and began claiming Russian protect