Alaska watches, nervously, as Ukraine war pushes more Russian oil through Bering Strait

Sep. 3—The war in Ukraine appears to be driving a sharp increase in shipments of Russian oil to China through the Bering Strait, prompting new warnings that the traffic threatens the isolated villages and residents' fish and wildlife harvests on the American side of the border. "I feel pretty confident that it's the start of a trend," said Andrew Hartsig, the Anchorage-based senior director of …