Russia’s Budget Deficit Again Surges as Spending Outpaces Revenues
Crisis in Russia

Russia’s Budget Deficit Again Surges as Spending Outpaces Revenues

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Russia’s public finances are deteriorating rapidly, with the consolidated budget showing a staggering deficit of 4.95 trillion rubles ($61.9 billion) in the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data from the Federal Treasury. The collapse is stark: during the same period last year, the budget ran a small surplus of 126.1 billion rubles ($1.6 billion).

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Putin Ignores Azerbaijan’s Warning, Destroys Azeri Oil Facility in Ukraine
War, World News

Putin Ignores Azerbaijan’s Warning, Destroys Azeri Oil Facility in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is pressing ahead with attacks on Odesa despite explicit warnings from Azerbaijan that further strikes on its assets would force a rethink in Baku’s position on the war. The destruction of a SOCAR oil depot overnight, following an earlier hit on a compressor station tied to Azerbaijani natural gas, shows Moscow’s disregard for regional sensitivities — and its willingness to escalate even at the risk of creating new enemies.

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Russia has never NOT Broken A Treaty
Crisis in Russia, History

Russia has never NOT Broken A Treaty

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For Moscow, treaties mean nothing. They are pauses in conflict, meant to buy time, weaken the other side, while preparing for the next stage of war. Over the past century, the Soviet Union and modern Russia have signed dozens of agreements—all worthless, mostly functioning as mere means to disarm intended victims. The record shows a consistent pattern: agreements are tools of strategy, not commitments of principle.

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Gasoline shortages grip Russian Occupied Crimea
Crisis in Russia

Gasoline shortages grip Russian Occupied Crimea, rationing introduced

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Occupied Crimea is facing an intensifying fuel crisis as 95-octane gasoline has disappeared from most filling stations across the peninsula. Where limited supplies remain, sales are restricted to enterprises and organizations through coupon or card systems, leaving ordinary motorists with little or no access. Rationing Replaces Open Sales According to reports from the Telegram channel Crimean Wind, the majority of stations no longer stock 95-octane fuel.

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Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President
World News

Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President

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In his column “Trump’s U-Turn” for Vot Tak, Vitaly Portnikov offers a searing analysis of Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. His argument is clear: the encounter demonstrated not strength or diplomacy, but a collapse of Western unity and another successful manipulation by the Kremlin. Reading Portnikov, one is struck not only by the sharpness of his critique, but by the accuracy with which he dissects Trump’s political weaknesses.

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Ukraine’s August Drone Strikes Disrupt 22% of Russia’s Refining Capacity
Crisis in Russia, War

Ukraine’s August Drone Strikes Disrupt 22% of Russia’s Refining Capacity

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Russia’s oil sector has absorbed its heaviest disruption of the year after a string of Ukrainian strikes in August forced shutdowns or severe reductions at six major refineries, collectively representing about 22% of the country’s total processing capacity. The attacks cut into one of the Kremlin’s most important sources of export revenue at a time when Moscow is already struggling to maintain output under sanctions. The campaign began on Aug. 2 with a dual strike.

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Russia Expands Terror Operations In the EU, Targeting Oil Supplies
World News

Russia Expands Terror Operations In the EU, Targeting Oil Supplies

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Romania’s state of emergency has cast a harsh spotlight on Europe’s energy vulnerabilities, with suspicions of Russian sabotage tainting Azerbaijani crude oil via the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline. The contamination, detected at Ceyhan, Turkey, with organic chlorides, has idled the Petrobrazi refinery, signaling a bold escalation in Russia’s hybrid warfare.

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Ukrainian Drones Strike Several More Russian Refineries as Gas Crisis Deepens
Crisis in Russia, War

Ukrainian Drones Strike Several More Russian Refineries as Gas Crisis Deepens

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August is turning into a deadly month for Russia’s oil industry. In the space of little more than a week, Ukrainian long-range drones have hit four major refineries across the country, temporarily knocking out units and cutting into a combined capacity equal to nearly 14% of Russia’s national refining potential. The latest strike came on August 10, when explosions rocked the Saratov Oil Refinery, a Rosneft-owned plant on the Volga River.

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