Donald Trump is ready to make concessions to Moscow in order to bring down fuel prices ahead of the US Senate elections. The US president had earlier announced his intention to abolish taxes on retail sales of diesel and threatened…
Estonia has asked the European Union to exclude the Solikamsk Magnesium Plant, and an individual connected with it – the company’s chief executive Ruslan Dimukhamedov – from the 22nd package of sanctions against Russia. The reason was the Estonian company…
The administration of US President Donald Trump supports a proposal to buy the foreign assets of the Russian oil company Lukoil, valued at roughly $20 billion. The New York Post reported this on 9 October, citing a source in the…
On 9 September 2026 Ukrainian drones struck two gas condensate plants belonging to Gazprom and Novatek in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, roughly 2,800 km from the border, and for the first time the Yamal LNG complex, in which Chinese entities…
On the eve of the new heating season, talk of an energy truce between Russia and Ukraine is being heard ever more often. Yet behind the diplomatic statements a fundamental inequality remains: Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, while…
On 14 September Donald Trump said that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop striking energy facilities; the warring countries, however, are so far commenting only on their readiness for mutual arrangements, provided there are guarantees that each side will…
Gasoline shortages have flared up again in Russia: lines have returned to gas stations, and local authorities are once again forced to impose limits on fuel sales. Gasoline shortages have affected 18 regions, including Moscow and the Moscow region. Amid…
More than four years have passed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. During this time, the West has imposed tens of thousands of sanctions against Russian officials, state-owned companies, banks, oligarchs, and enterprises in the military-industrial complex.…
Amid the fuel crisis in Russia, the government has imposed a ban on diesel exports. Similar restrictions had previously been imposed on gasoline and jet fuel. Authorities claim that the ban will not affect bilateral government agreements on the supply…
On 6 July, Ukrainian drones attacked the oil refinery in Omsk – Russia’s largest oil refinery. The facility is located 2,500 km from the front line. Siberia’s geographical remoteness no longer guarantees the security of Russia’s critical infrastructure. Photo: Omsk…
