Russian accusations of IMO politicisation point to longer-term divisions
Russia’s imminent ousting from the IMO’s ruling council will be an embarrassing defeat after 63 years at the top table, but there are wider concerns about the politicisation of a technical maritime agency
The International Maritime Organization has been hijacked by a political agenda outside of its mandate, according to Russia’s latest salvo in a war of words designed to leverage existing geopolitical divisions within the UN agency