Fertilizer exploding in Beirut had been in port for 6 years – Russian businessman abandons cargo ship and crew after bankruptcy
© AP Photo / Hussein Malla The explosion in Beirut The background to the massive explosion that claimed at least 100 lives is beginning to emerge. The 2,750-ton ammonium nitrate mountain that caused the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday came from a ship owned by a Russian businessman, a Russian Mediazonablog writes. The Lebanese LBCI … Read more