Ukraine’s $240,000 drones are bleeding Russia’s oil fleet dry
Five tankers hit in two weeks—and insurance costs have tripled.
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Borscht gets cheaper, butter eases—Ukraine beats inflation forecast (INFOGRAPHIC)
Record vegetable harvest absorbs price shocks, but the cushion is fragile.
Six times more than in America: the heartbreaking math behind Ukraine’s wartime Christmas dinner (INFOGRAPHIC)
Fourth wartime holiday reveals crushing gap despite record harvest holding prices flat.
Kazakhstan reroutes oil to China for the first time after Ukrainian strikes cripple Black Sea terminal
Europe gets 11.5% of its oil from this terminal. Now Kazakhstan is sending crude to Beijing instead
Russian businessman runs Hong Kong pipeline feeding European electronics to Kremlin’s weapons labs
A Ukrainian investigation traces $564,000 in sanctioned equipment from a Dubai resident’s shell company to a Rostec subsidiary.
As Kyiv faces a €71.7billion gap, Japan won’t join Europe’s frozen-assets plan
EU diplomats say Tokyo’s real calculation isn’t a legal one.
Insurance costs succeed where sanctions fail: Ukraine hits Russia’s shadow fleet
Shipowners halt Russia-linked voyages as war risk premiums surge up to 250%.
Hungary’s veto sparks EU push to seize €210bn in frozen Russian assets
Budapest wanted to slow things down. It may have accelerated them.
Russia’s smartest move is not in Ukraine—it’s deep in Asia
The world watches Belarus. But 4,000 km east, another country is slipping into Moscow’s orbit.
Belgium says Europe’s €140 billion Ukraine plan could bankrupt it. Is that true?
The EU wants to turn Russia’s frozen assets into a €140 billion loan for Ukraine. Belgium calls the plan “fundamentally wrong.” EU leaders vote on 18-19 December. Ukraine’s budget runs dry in April.
As Russian strikes hit industry, retail demand stays unexpectedly strong (INFOGRAPHIC)
Nine months of retail growth masks deepening trouble on factory floors.
Russian oligarch found legal weapon to kill Western sanctions — and a former UK PM’s wife is on his team
If Fridman wins, every sanctioned oligarch could follow.
What Ukraine’s new sanctions say about Russia’s deepening oil crisis (INFOGRAPHIC)
Kyiv’s 13th synchronized package arrives as Russia’s oil sector shows signs of systemic crisis.
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.
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.
Gold, once untouchable, becomes Russia’s financial lifeline
Central bank reverses decades of stockpiling to plug $48 billion hole.
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.
China emerges as the big winner of Russia’s oil crisis
Rosneft chief frames Moscow’s fire-sale pricing as Beijing’s ‘procurement efficiency’.
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.
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.