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Money Matters – your comprehensive destination for financial insights and economic analysis.

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She declared a house worth $76. Authorities found $6 million in her closet. The agency saw no problem.

Brussels shifts from praise to “concerns about impartiality” as €50 billion in EU assistance hangs in the balance on anti-corruption benchmarks.

(Image: Alexander Petrosyan)

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Russia’s war machine is running out of cash—and out of illusions

Moscow resorts to money printing as state railways drown in debt, oil revenues plunge 35%, and even China exploits Russia’s desperation.

byVolodymyr Omelyan

britain freezes assets gold smugglers linked russian war financing bars goldsource bloomberg imposed new sanctions targeting illicit trade appointed prominent anti-corruption campaigner its champion 9 government stepped up efforts combat

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Gold, once untouchable, becomes Russia’s financial lifeline

Central bank reverses decades of stockpiling to plug $48 billion hole.

schroeder and putin

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The last pillars of Russia’s energy power—and why Moscow fears they could fall

Senior European officials joined Russian energy boards after the sanctions—and some keep lobbying today.

rosneft ceo igor sechin in china

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China emerges as the big winner of Russia’s oil crisis

Rosneft chief frames Moscow’s fire-sale pricing as Beijing’s ‘procurement efficiency’.

global oil industry investment gap widens

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Russia can’t rebuild its oil capacity—and the global market will feel it (INFOGRAPHIC)

Deutsche Bank sees a 2 million-barrel surplus in 2026, but chronic funding gap sets up a post-2027 supply shock.

urals crude price sept-nov 2025

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Desperate for buyers, Russia throws India its biggest oil discounts yet (INFOGRAPHIC)

The price gap more than doubled in a month, from $3 to $7 per barrel.

brent crude price sept-nov 2025

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US sanctions ignite $22B Lukoil asset fire sale

Exxon and Chevron circle Iraq and Kazakhstan assets as markets worry about oversupply.

tuapse location on the black sea coast north of sochi

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380M barrels stranded as Ukraine’s oil war hits exports

Three tankers sit empty offshore as a 2.2-mile oil slick spreads into Black Sea.

500-hryvnia note

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Ukrainians hoard record cash as Russian grid attacks cut power

The third quarter delivered Ukraine’s fastest cash surge since the war began.

russian oil sales collapse amid new sanctions

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Russia’s ghost fleet circles the oceans as buyers vanish

Major oil refineries in India and China increasingly refuse Russian deliveries.

ukraine state budget revenue chart

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Revenue rises, taxes fall: Ukraine’s budget twist explained

Government revenue exceeded targets by 3.1% through October—revealing unexpected fiscal resilience.

Ukraine USA Trump Zelenskyy talks

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Ukraine risks €50 billion as EU warns anti-corruption agencies failing

The European Union shifted Tuesday from quiet support to formal warnings about Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions.

The Belgian government raked in €1.7 billion ($1.77 billion) in corporate taxes from Euroclear’s earnings on frozen Russian assets in 2024 alone.

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Ukraine’s $8 billion IMF loan trapped by Belgium’s frozen assets veto

Ukraine’s $8 billion IMF loan hangs in balance

Kudrytskyi

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Ukraine detains energy chief who brought in $1.5 billion from the West

Critics call former Ukrenergo chief's arrest political persecution

beer and plastic sectors increased revenues but decreased taxe payments.

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Ukrainian businesses earn more, pay less—hurting the defense budget

Ukraine’s defense now depends entirely on taxes—yet businesses are paying less even as their revenues grow.

interest rates from the russian frozen assets are getting smaller

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The money Ukraine can actually use from Russian assets is vanishing while Belgium blocks €193bn

Dwindling interest rates slash Ukraine's accessible share. Meanwhile, Belgium raked in €1.7 billion in taxes on keeping those assets frozen.

trump and orban

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Sanction me softly: Trump, Orbán, and the oil that binds them

Trump sanctions the companies supplying his closest European ally, who immediately announces plans to evade them.

chart showing where the frozen russian assets are

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Frozen billions, frozen will: Belgium stops Europe’s Russian assets plan cold

Brussels won’t share. Belgium won’t pay alone. Ukraine waits.

make russia pay conference in kyiv on 17 oct 2025

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Frozen assets, hot politics: How Brussels fell for its own fear fantasy

Brussels holds €183 billion in frozen Russian assets—and Belgium wants guarantees before Ukraine can use them.