Amy B. Zegart
Russian authorities are preparing to start importing gasoline from China and other Asian countries. A plan to offset the fuel shortage has already been drafted.
Beyond China, Moscow also aims to purchase gasoline from South Korea and Singapore. The …
Photograph from the official website of the Municipal Council of Cascais / Câmara Municipal de Cascais
A few days ago, the International Community InformNapalm published a significant article titled The Moscow Church in Ukraine: Who Financed It …
In the first half of 2025, Taiwan emerged as the world’s leading buyer of Russian naphtha - a petroleum distillate used to produce gasoline and solvents. Refined products made from that naphtha are then sold to countries in Western Europe that …
EU leaders are moving to approve a new aid mechanism for Ukraine — a €140 billion loan based on immobilized reserves of the Central Bank of Russia. In Brussels, officials have already dubbed it a “reparations” loan. When could it happen, and would …
Russian forces are pressing their advance in central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in an effort to disrupt Ukrainian supply lines that support adjacent front-line sectors, military analysts say.
Even as attention shifted to other sectors to the east …
After Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive, which guarantees Ukrainian refugees access to housing, healthcare, and the labor market. The exact level of assistance, however, is determined by the …
A fire has broken out at the Yaroslavnefteorgsintez refinery (Novo-Yaroslavl Oil Refinery) in Yaroslavl, part of the Slavneft oil company and one of the country’s largest producers of petroleum products.
Footage of the blaze on Wednesday morning, …
Key developments on Oct. 1:
Over the past week, Ukraine's Armed Forces carried out new strikes on Russian oil refineries, forcing Russian authorities to extend a ban on gasoline exports and announce the introduction of a partial ban on diesel exports.
Ukraine's sustained …
