UK blacklists Slavneft and says it now sanctions all ten of Russia’s top oil producers
The package also targets Rosneft's flagship Arctic venture Vostok Oil, major coal companies, and 11 ships linked to Russian oil and gas.
Browsing Tag
Novatek
21 posts
Russia fires Iskanders at Ukraine. A satellite image shows what Ukraine’s missiles left of a building at a Russian plant that makes their parts
The plant in Oryol supplies parts for Russia’s ballistic and cruise missiles, which is why Ukraine has gone after it twice.
Ukraine says drones hit Russia’s gas heartland over 3,000 km from its border—a wartime record
Manufacturer Fire Point identified the drones as FP-1s. Ukrainian analysts said one strike hit equipment used in plastics production.
Ukraine confirms strike hit Novatek fuel plant at Russia’s Ust-Luga port
Kyiv says the Baltic-coast facility supports Russia’s military, while the strike’s effect on production remains unknown.
Ust-Luga burning again: Ukraine is now hitting this Russian oil port every other day — the shadow fleet tankers that load here keep waiting offshore
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia's use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.
Russia’s Baltic coast took three hits in one night: gas hub, oil terminal, military icebreaker — all confirmed by Ukraine (updated)
Russia's governor described the Ust-Luga fire as minor while black smoke rose over the port by morning. The SBU called the strike a "symbolic gift on SBU Day" and confirmed the Primorsk terminal — hit two nights earlier — was still burning.
Is Russia’s LNG “success” in China really just a discount trap?
Moscow surrenders pricing power to move sanctioned cargoes that Beijing controls.
Belgium importing two-thirds more Russian gas since EU transit ban
Sanctions blocking Asian buyers pushed Novatek's Arctic gas into the European grid instead.
The Arctic is melting, Ukraine is bleeding, and G7 “climate leaders” still won’t quit Yamal LNG
Western gas purchases funded 271,000 Shahed drones—and accelerated Arctic warming
Ukraine knocks out 17% of Russia’s oil capacity — and that’s just this month, Reuters says
Moscow’s energy security unravels as Ukraine escalates long-range attacks on its most vulnerable assets.
Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest Baltic gas hub in Ust-Luga strike (VIDEO)
The precision strike on Novatek's cryogenic fractionation unit marks Ukraine's second successful attack on the strategic port this year.
The EU set out to choke Russia’s energy exports — and handed Putin a €30 billion loophole
Three years into EU gas bills feeding Russian war crimes, Brussels designed a ban to starve Putin's war chest - and gave its traders a legal way to fund Russian missiles for 1,000 more days.
Ukraine sanctions Novatek: Will the West finally follow?
Bloodstained LNG flows freely into European markets despite Ukraine's sanctions.
Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s sanctions-proof energy giant
Blacklisting Novatek and 18 subsidiaries, Kyiv urges EU to close loophole allowing private Russian gas to fund war.
Novatek: Putin’s sanctions-proof gas weapon hiding in plain sight
While Europe banned Russian pipeline gas, an Arctic gas giant quietly doubled its EU market share.
YLE: Dubai firms own 55 vessels in Russian shadow fleet
A Finnish investigation uncovers an extensive Dubai-based network managing Russian shadow fleet oil and LNG tankers. A single UAE firm owns 24 sanctioned ships.
Panama cancels registration of four tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet
Panama's Maritime Authority commenced flag cancellation procedures after US sanctions targeted the LNG carriers' Singapore-based operators over connections to Russian gas producer Novatek and sanctions evasion.
Will Spain and France choose EU solidarity over Russian LNG profits?
As the EU prepares sanctions against Russian LNG, two of the bloc's largest importers remain worryingly silent on targeting the Kremlin's energy profits.
Russian natural gas company in Leningrad Oblast on fire
Explosions and a fire broke out early on 21 January at the Ust-Luga natural gas terminal operated by Russian company Novatek, Russia's largest independent natural gas producer.