Maxime Marquette
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ANALYSIS: Kapotnya, the Heart of Moscow — 40% of the Capital's Fuel Targeted
On June 16, 2026, long-range Ukrainian drones pierced several rings of air defense and struck the ELOU-AVT-6 primary distillation unit of the
STORY: The Night of the Compressors — Four Crimean Gas Stations in the Dark
On the night of June 19-20, 2026, something methodical and icy set itself in motion above the Crimean peninsula. It wasn’t the
EDITORIAL: Kapotnya in Flames — Moscow Reaps What It Sowed in Energy Hell
At dawn on June 16, 2026, columns of thick black smoke rose over the Kapotnya district in southeast Moscow. The Moscow oil
COMMENTARY: Tver rations gasoline — when war returns to Russian gas stations
On June 20, 2026, in the Tver region, a few hundred miles northwest of Moscow, gas stations belonging to Surgutneftegaz and Tatneft
INVESTIGATION: Belarus, Putin’s Secret Gas Station — 270,000 Tons Headed to Russia
From January to May 2026, railway exports of Belarusian gasoline to Russia jumped nearly thirteen-fold year-on-year, reaching 270,000 tons. Diesel, for its
ANALYSIS: One-Third of Russian Refining Offline — The Arithmetic of Collapsing Fuel
Less than 4 million barrels per day. This is the threshold that Russian refining crossed downward for the first time in 21
ANALYSIS: Hlibivske — How Crimea's Only Gas Storage Facility Caught Fire
On the night of June 19 to 20, 2026, something extraordinary happened on the Tarkhankut Peninsula, on the far western edge of
REPORT: Tyumen, 2,000 km — The Ukrainian Drone That Struck the Deepest Reaches of Siberia
On June 20, 2026, somewhere in Russian Western Siberia, a column of black smoke rose above the Tyumen refinery—formerly known as the
COLUMN: Putin Rejects Peace — the West Must Hold or Lose Everything
On June 5, 2026, before cameras from around the world gathered at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin pronounced the words many…