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14 Jul 2026 16:23 +0000

The Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and the Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan were attacked last night.

14 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000

The Senate is moving at light speed to impose new sanctions on Russia. Some will go into effect automatically within 30 days of law without a presidential determination. https://www.rferl.org/a/after-graham-s-death-his-toughest-russia-sanctions-bill-gains-new-life/33803368.html

13 Jul 2026 16:31 +0000

Russian refining nosedives —Bloomberg

13 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000

Russians are withdrawing capital from the banking system apace.

13 Jul 2026 13:43 +0000

Interfax reports that 126.2 billion rubles will be taken from the liquid assets of the National Wealth Fund and transferred to the airline industry. It’s not clear when the drawdown will occur, but they just took another 92 billion for Rostec 🤣🤣

13 Jul 2026 03:14 +0000

I am sad. Tonight’s only documented successful attack on Russia was the Mikhaelovsky oil depot in Stavropol Krai. It’s still on fire.

12 Jul 2026 18:46 +0000

The lights in Crimea are still out. 1st pic: June 14 2nd pic: July 5 3rd pic: July 10

12 Jul 2026 01:45 +0000

The oil refinery in Syzran, Russia is on fire 🔥

11 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000

The blogger in Crimea complains he still has no electricity, and VTB imposed withdrawal limits at ATMs. The limits are so low, it’s worth about two tanks of gas.

11 Jul 2026 14:31 +0000

‼️ Crimeans are paying $13.29 a gallon for gasoline (269 rubles per liter). What costs $50 in the U.S. to fill up would cost $180 at that price. Just insane. I’m trying to get a new satellite image of the peninsula at night, but it’s been cloudy. Very curious to see if the lights stayed off too.

11 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000

Russia’s National Wealth Fund, for the first time ever, will have less than half of its reserves in liquid assets than needed to cover the budget deficit this year. I’m projecting a ~12 trillion ruble deficit (federal or consolidated) this year.

11 Jul 2026 12:39 +0000

Russia has “temporarily” closed the Kerch Strait due to Ukrainian strikes on ships in the area. The logistics blockade is being extended to the sea! https://www.reuters.com/business/rpt-russia-halts-don-azov-channel-shipping-affecting-grain-trade-after-ukraine-2026-07-10/

11 Jul 2026 10:47 +0000

The Russian port of Taganrog was visited by Ukrainian drones 🔥

11 Jul 2026 02:56 +0000

Financial Genius predicts the federal budget deficit to be a whopping 11 trillion rubles this year. https://dzen.ru/a/alCvdY415wff8ax-

10 Jul 2026 19:35 +0000

A bipartisan group of Senators announced a sanctions deal with the White House. More sanctions and tariffs are coming for those who buy Russian oil and gas. 🍿

10 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000

The Moscow Index sank yet again, this time by 2.1%. Closes out a horrid week for the exchange. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

09 Jul 2026 16:33 +0000

The Moscow Index shrank another 1.5% today, erasing all of yesterday’s gains and then some.

09 Jul 2026 16:19 +0000

The deficit shrank a bit from 6 trillion rubles last month. Likely due to higher non-oil and gas revenues thanks to large budget expenditures prior to June, and the war in Iran. It should be all downhill from here… [contains quote post or other embedded content]

09 Jul 2026 16:17 +0000

LNG prices on the St Petersburg exchange are going vertical.

09 Jul 2026 16:03 +0000

Russia’s Saratov oil refinery has suspended operations following a successful Ukrainian strike, Reuters reports.

09 Jul 2026 03:58 +0000

I am so excited for June’s budget execution report from the Russian Ministry of Finance. It should be horrible. 🍿

09 Jul 2026 03:55 +0000

Ukraine hit an oil depot in Tver.

08 Jul 2026 21:56 +0000

Electricity has been cut off to the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts. ⚡️

08 Jul 2026 19:26 +0000

A Crimean blogger complains he has no electricity, water, internet, and mobile phone service. https://t.me/fingeniycom/7983

08 Jul 2026 18:45 +0000

Wow!!!! Russia’s central bank issued 6.210 trillion rubles in emergency REPO loans to Russian banks, an absolute record!! Demand at 8.196 trillion rubles was also a record, by far. Russian banks are absolutely starved for liquidity. Russians continue to withdraw money from the banking system.

08 Jul 2026 18:41 +0000

Russia’s treasury balance is off to a low start in July. The trend is heading towards a <3.5 trillion ruble floor, the first such floor since the full scale invasion began.

08 Jul 2026 18:19 +0000

The Russian government has banned exports of diesel now. That means that at least 40% of refining capability has been taken offline. Diesel shortages will have much more severe impacts than gasoline shortages. The summer is young and the campaign against Russia’s oil industry continues.🍿