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ANALYSIS: Yaroslavl in flames, between rhetoric and reality
In late March 2026, yet another Russian refinery found itself in the news for the wrong reasons: the one in Yaroslavl, several hundred kilometers…
FACT CHECK: Fuel Lines and Rationing, What Western Observers Are Taking Away
More than 90% of Russian regions report, as of July 2026, some form of fuel rationing or shortage, according to Al Jazeera.
DECODING: Rosneft and Lukoil Sanctions, the Questions Few Outlets Are Asking
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies, a decision most coverage treated as a single…
DECODING: Tuapse, hit four times, the vulnerability of Russia's southern refining
On the Black Sea coast, the Tuapse refinery is no longer just an industrial site: it has become, despite itself, a barometer of Russia's…
ANALYSIS: Lines and rationing, daily life inside Russia's fuel crisis
By July 2026, gasoline and diesel had become, across much of Russia, something you planned around rather than something you simply bought.
FACT CHECK: Russia's shadow fleet, backbone of sanctions evasion
A shadow fleet appears under that name on no official registry; yet it exists, in practice, as a network of aging tankers whose sole…
DECODING: Jet fuel runs dry as Russia shuts the kerosene tap too
After diesel, it is now kerosene sliding into the column of Russian restrictions. According to The Moscow Times, in its June 1, 2026 edition,…
ANALYSIS: Russia bans diesel exports, anatomy of a shortage
On July 8, 2026, the Russian government crossed a threshold rarely reached since the war began: a flat-out ban on diesel exports until July…
FACT CHECK: The State of Play at Ust-Luga and Primorsk
The Ust-Luga oil terminal was hit twice in one week by long-range drones, according to CNN on March 28, 2026, a double strike that…