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The Orsk refinery shutdown—six months of repairs, 6 million metric tons of annual capacity offline—has pushed Orenburg Oblast into license-plate-based gasoline rationing.

A Bank of Russia draft directive permits public exchange access for three major digital assets, imposing a 300,000-ruble annual cap for non-qualified investors while excluding XRP.

The Chechen leader's deteriorating health strains a personalized power arrangement with Moscow, threatening stability in the historically resistant republic.

Robert Gilman, 32, who suffered a dissociative stupor and pneumonia, was freed after more than four years without a prisoner exchange.

President Trump announced the humanitarian release of the 32-year-old, detained since 2022, with no prisoner exchange.

Ukrainian drone attacks cut Russian crude exports by nearly 700,000 barrels per day in early May, with oil product loadings falling 23 percent in July to an all-time low of 4.7 million tonnes.

The Kremlin has expanded book bans and deployed "foreign agent" laws more aggressively, driving dissent underground as wartime controls deepen.

The attack on Nizhnekamsk, more than 1,100 kilometers from the border, injured 75 and ranks among the deadliest strikes on Russian soil since the full-scale war began.

None of Russia's 24 ballistic missiles were intercepted during an overnight barrage that killed 21 people and injured dozens in Ukraine's capital region.

The chamber approved the measure 68-9, granting President Trump authority to impose tariffs up to 100 percent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.

An overnight barrage of ballistic missiles and drones struck Ukraine's capital, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to blame exhausted interceptor supplies for the deaths.

Moscow shifts toward growth stimulus, accepting higher inflation risk as Ukrainian drone attacks erode refining capacity and supply chains.

Kyiv's drone strikes on Russian tankers and cargo ships in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov on July 21-22 escalate economic warfare against Moscow's crude exports.

The USS George H.W. Bush deployment targets Cuba's expanding military and energy partnerships with Moscow

Conflicting accounts regarding control of a key village in Ukraine’s Sumy region introduce fresh uncertainty, prompting institutional investors to reassess risk premiums across global fixed income markets.

President Trump's signal to allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba upends years of US sanctions policy, sparking market tremors and a high-stakes battle over executive power and global energy flows.