Increased Russian military activity in the Baltic Sea has resulted in global calls for Denmark and other nations to inspect Moscow's oil tankers.

The second ship, the 75,100-dwt Yi Peng 3 (built 2001), was intercepted in November and held off Denmark for about a month, after which its owner ordered the ship to sail again “for consideration of the crew’s physical and mental health”, as the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement at the time.

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Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin and the Trump-Vance transition team for comment by email on Monday.

Ten European Union countries have called for the 27-nation bloc to ban imports of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia, a document seen by Reuters showed, as Europe debates fresh sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.

Trump has reaffirmed his intention to broker peace in Ukraine, declaring earlier this month that “Putin wants to meet” and that such a meeting is being set up. In the past, he has criticized U.S. military aid for Ukraine and even vowed to end the conflict in a single day if elected.

Denmark's European allies France and Germany ... The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow was following closely the "dramatic development" on Greenland and said the Arctic fell within Russia's ...

If Trump is serious about acquiring Greenland, he must secure the trust and buy-in of the Greenlandic people and the government of Denmark.

Trump has ramped up his threats to annex Greenland. Could the incoming US president really bring the Arctic island, which belongs to NATO partner Denmark, permanently under US control?

Greenland and Panama are both part of the intensifying global rivalry between Washington and Beijing for 21st-century geo-strategic dominance. So like the Panama Canal, which Trump talks about taking over again, Greenland is in play, part of the intensifying global rivalry between Washington and Beijing for 21st-century geo-strategic dominance.

According to Maria Zakharova, this is particularly surprising given the Danish authorities' penchant for talking about the "Russian threat"

Getting the SecState nominee on the record about taking Greenland, blaming Ukraine, and Elon Musk’s quest to topple European governments.