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Owners of seized Russian oil tanker claim U.S. improperly sold ship for scrap metal

NBC NEWS · Tom Winter ·

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U.S. authorities sold a seized Russian oil tanker to a maritime scrap dealer for well under market value in an “economically irrational” deal meant to thwart the owner’s bid to recover the vessel, the company lawyers said in court papers.

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