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COMMENTARY: Russian oil sanctions, between rhetoric and measured reality
Between the announcement of a sanction and its measured reality often stretches a space that political rhetoric prefers to ignore; it is precisely in…
NOTE: Lukoil, the toxic asset nobody wants to buy
Lukoil has carried, since October 2025, a label few oil companies want to wear: that of a sanctioned asset, too toxic to sell, too…
COLUMN: Washington sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil, the opening salvo of Trump's second term
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in what amounts to the first measure…
PORTRAIT: Rosneft and Lukoil, two Russian giants under US sanctions
On October 22, 2025, the US Treasury imposed unprecedented sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, the two largest Russian oil companies, in what the official…
COMMENTARY: Russia's oil price cap, extended into 2027
Vladimir Putin signed, on June 26, 2026 according to Interfax, a decree extending until the end of 2027 Russia's countermeasure mechanism against the Western…
DECODING: Western sanctions on Russian oil, the questions few are asking
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department made a major move by simultaneously sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies.
FACT CHECK: Revisiting Yaroslavl in flames, what the numbers confirm
The Yaroslavl refinery suffered a direct strike followed by a fire in late March 2026, according to CNN on March 28, 2026, an event…
PORTRAIT: Tuapse, the context we so often forget
The Tuapse refinery, on the shores of the Black Sea, has been hit four times since March 2026, according to a count by the…
COLUMN: Putin faces his own price cap, between rhetoric and reality
Vladimir Putin signed, on June 26, 2026, a decree extending until the end of 2027 a Russian mechanism presented as a response to Western…