Why is Russia preparing to ration jet fuel? Refining just hit a 16-year low
The diesel decision is still split among officials. Refiners told to curb foreign sales.
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Discount supermarkets and pharmacies dominate Ukraine’s resilient companies ranking
New YouControl–Top Lead study shows wartime growth in survival-economy sectors.
UK sanctions crypto exchanges and “A7 network” in crackdown on Russian evasion systems
Officials say Moscow has increasingly turned to shadow financial systems and crypto channels to sustain wartime spending as sanctions tighten.
A Russian banker hid in Brittany as a Ukrainian refugee—France just gave him to Lithuania
Ten months in a Breton village. Now 10.5 years in Vilnius.
US pressure flows to Kyiv, Vilnius, and Warsaw—never to Minsk itself
Bombed country rejects relief for the regime hosting Russian drone launches.
Spain pledged €1 billion to Ukraine—then helped block NATO’s plan to count it
Four other allies blocked the metric, and six frameworks now run uncompared.
Why are EU farmers still protesting? Subsidies, not Ukrainian imports
Brussels imposed trade quotas in 2025—the CAP fight is the next one.
EU will return to buying Russian gas once war ends, new Hungarian PM Magyar predicts
The new prime minister told Rzeczpospolita the calculation is set by competitiveness and geography, contrary to the bloc's three-year phase-out plan.
Kazakh court authorizes forced collection of $1.4 billion from Gazprom for Ukraine’s Naftogaz
A Zurich-seated tribunal ordered Gazprom to pay $1.37 billion in principal for unpaid transit services in June 2025.
Frontline tool Ukraine can’t fight without: 5,000 pickups now procured through largest-ever open tender
The Defense Procurement Agency will run the process in stages through framework agreements, with first deliveries expected by end of year.
Ukraine’s steel capacity fell fourfold after Russia destroyed Azovstal. Now EU’s new quota could cost it €1 billion more
Brussels offered Ukraine 713,000 tonnes duty-free. Ukraine shipped 2.65 million tonnes to the EU last year.
A pro-government think tank wants Russia’s central bank chief replaced—the trap stays
The trap doesn’t care who chairs the bank.
Ukraine retrains workers over 50 as the younger labor force vanishes
The new strategic reserve has gray hair.
Ukraine’s IMF lifeline depends on tax reforms parliament keeps stalling
A $614 million parcel tax that unlocks $8.1 billion in IMF funding is six weeks past its deadline.
Babiš didn’t scrap Czechia’s shell pipeline to Ukraine—he just stopped paying for it
New Czech government keeps program running, but external donors now carry the full cost.
Why won’t most Ukrainian women refugees come back? The war is no longer the main reason
Ahead of the EAUW leadership forum at the European Parliament, Violetta Dvornikova on what would bring 5.9 million Ukrainians home.
Ukraine’s diaspora question lands at the European Parliament on Monday
“Power. Voice. Legacy” takes place 11–12 May in Brussels, with around 100 participants debating what comes after EU protection for Ukrainian refugees ends.
Russian oil revenue jumped 52%—Moral Rating Agency lays out how to make Russia poor
Only three sanction boxes ticked. Agency shows extra ways to inflict red tape.
Irish Cabinet defends alumina exports to Russia by citing refugees—then evicts 16,000 of them
27 days between defending the trade and evicting the refugees.
Russia hit a record oil revenue month—yet the federal budget still came up short
Sberbank’s CFO forecasts the ruble will fall to 90 per dollar. Three ports already show 13–43% drops.