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Oil, gas, refineries, and shipping lanes: energy as a weapon of war.
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ANALYSIS: Urals at $44 — The Barrel Strangling the Kremlin
Analysis· No. 998

ANALYSIS: Urals at $44 — The Barrel Strangling the Kremlin

There is a figure that should be on every Western decision-maker's lips in this June 2026: $44.10 per barrel. That is the cap fixed…

REPORT: Vtorovo Struck Three Times — Ukraine's Oil War Fought at 700 km
Reportage· No. 989

REPORT: Vtorovo Struck Three Times — Ukraine's Oil War Fought at 700 km

The Vtorovo pumping station appeared in no geopolitical handbook until just a few months ago. This industrial complex, located in the Russian region of…

REPORT: Kherson in the Dark: The Energy War Strikes Occupied Civilians
Reportage· No. 981

REPORT: Kherson in the Dark: The Energy War Strikes Occupied Civilians

On June 26, 2026, Vladimir Saldo, the governor installed by Moscow in the Kherson region, confirmed on Telegram what residents had known for hours:…

COMMENTARY: Why Russia Cannot Stop Ukrainian Drones
Commentary· No. 975

COMMENTARY: Why Russia Cannot Stop Ukrainian Drones

Every week since the start of 2026, the same images repeat: columns of smoke over Russian cities, refineries on fire, air-raid sirens in the…

DECODING: 210 Strikes in May, 28 on Oil — The Arithmetic of the Deep-Strike Campaign
Analysis· No. 974

DECODING: 210 Strikes in May, 28 on Oil — The Arithmetic of the Deep-Strike Campaign

There are moments when military figures are not mere data points — they tell a strategy. 210 confirmed intermediate strikes in May 2026, 145…

ANALYSIS: S-300 Missile Shortage — Russia's Air Defense Cracking Under Sanctions
Analysis· No. 973

ANALYSIS: S-300 Missile Shortage — Russia's Air Defense Cracking Under Sanctions

There is something deeply ironic about the Russian air defense debacle of 2026. Russia nominally possesses one of the most sophisticated air defense systems…

OPINION: Trump Calls Green Credits a "Scam" — $369 Billion Sacrificed to Climate Denial
Note· No. 958

OPINION: Trump Calls Green Credits a "Scam" — $369 Billion Sacrificed to Climate Denial

In July 2025, President Donald Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) — a law that, among other measures, accelerates the phase-out…

REPORT: Inflation Returns to the Eurozone — Households Pay the Price of a War They Never Wanted
Reportage· No. 955

REPORT: Inflation Returns to the Eurozone — Households Pay the Price of a War They Never Wanted

In May 2026, inflation in the eurozone reached 3.2% on an annual basis — its highest level since September 2023, and well above the…

EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil
Editorial· No. 946

EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil

On June 25, 2026, as 101 million Europeans suffocated under temperatures exceeding 35°C, supertankers were cautiously resuming their route through the Strait of Hormuz…

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