Russia's wartime consumer boom is cracking as shoppers tighten their wallets

Russia saw a surge in consumer spending after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, even as sweeping sanctions hit the economy.

Russian oil exports shift in November: Baltic surge counters southern collapse

Russian seaborne oil product exports dipped slightly in November, falling 0.8% from October to 7.494 million metric tons, ...

Russia's oil and fuel export revenues touch lowest level since Ukraine invasion, IEA says

Russia's revenues from exports of crude oil and refined products fell again in November due to lower export volumes and ...

Russia's Oil Tanker Logjam Crushes Prices Even as Exports Surge

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to strike Russia’s oil refineries and export ports, while Moscow keeps up its bombardment of ...

Russian oil exports last month by 420 kb/d (thousand barrels per day), the agency highlighted in its report.

Urals crude prices have also undergone a sharp decline amid the fall in exports, with the rates falling by $8.2 per barrel to ...

Russia’s oil export revenues fall to lowest level since 2022: IEA

Russia’s oil export revenues dropped in November to their lowest monthly level since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, the ...

Putin meets Indonesia’s Prabowo to discuss military and energy ties, wheat exports

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday that Moscow was pleased with the ...

Russia's Surging Oil Exports Stuck at Sea as Curbs Slow Delivery

Moscow is struggling to deliver crude cargoes in the face of US sanctions, with volumes at sea increasing by a fifth in three ...
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Europe bans Russia’s gas exports, but still buys its gas-based fertiliser

Imports dipped after the invasion, and Europe placed sanctions on a number of executives at Russian fertiliser companies. But ...

Putin turns to crypto as Russian economy creaks

Vladimir Putin is not known for opening regional bank branches. Yet the Russian president was the guest of honour at a ...

Russia has surplus of peas after failing to boost exports to China, analysts say

Russian farmers will have a surplus of peas this year after China, the country's main trading partner, bought less than they had hoped, analysts said on Thursday, predicting they may shift to other ...