Turkey Adds Teeth to Russia Sanctions With Tanker-Insurance Rule

A vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat on the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul in November.

Photographer: Nicole Tung/Bloomberg
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Turkey warned the world’s oil shippers they will need to prove they’re insured to cross the country’s vital straits, a move that could restrict flows of Russian oil as new European sanctions kick in.