News - RUS
50 articles tagged RUS, newest first - page 2 of 3
2026-07-24
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│ Russian central bank warns of higher │
│ inflation as it lowers key rate to 14% │
│ large - The Moscow Times - │
│ independent/independent [RUS] │
│ │
│ The CBR cut only 25bp to 14.00% July 24, │
│ warned of higher inflation (underlying 4-5% │
│ annualized), RAISED its 2026 average │
│ key-rate path to 14.5-14.6% and slashed the │
│ 2026 GDP forecast to a 0.0-1.0% stagnation │
│ band; MOEX bounced 1.8% on the day. State │
│ central-bank data, but an admission against │
│ interest, exile-press corroborated: drove │
│ Russia inflation -3 to -4. │
│ │
│ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/24/r │
│ ussian-central-bank-warns-of-higher-inflati │
│ on-as-it-lowers-key-rate-to-14-a93329 │
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2026-07-23
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│ EU adopts 21st sanctions package, freezes │
│ oil price cap at $44.10 │
│ feature - S&P Global Commodity Insights - │
│ unknown/unknown [RUS,UKR,GRC] │
│ │
│ The EU adopted its 21st Russia package July │
│ 23, the day the one-week freeze expired: │
│ the oil cap was frozen at $44.10 for a year │
│ (blocking the floating recalculation that │
│ would have LIFTED it toward ~$58), │
│ LNG-tanker transfer controls added, 41 more │
│ shadow-fleet vessels banned (including the │
│ first listings of ships that service them), │
│ cargo-confiscation powers created, and 48 │
│ individuals plus 168 entities frozen. The │
│ carry-forward question resolved as a │
│ tightening: Russia fiscal near held -4. │
│ │
│ https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-res │
│ earch/latest-news/natural-gas/072326-eu-loo │
│ sens-third-country-russian-lng-ban-extends- │
│ oil-price-cap-in-sanctions │
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2026-07-21
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│ Brent crude tops $90 as Hormuz blockade and │ │ India summons Russian envoy after missile │
│ 10th night of strikes bite │ │ strike kills four Indian seafarers │
│ medium - IBTimes - unknown/independent │ │ medium - India TV News - │
│ [SAU,RUS,IND,PAK] │ │ unknown/independent [RUS,IND,UKR] │
│ │ │ │
│ Brent topped $90/bbl (highest in over a │ │ India summoned Russia's charge d'affaires │
│ month) on the tanker attacks, Houthi │ │ after a July 19 strike hit the MV Golden │
│ blockade and 10th night of strikes, with │ │ Leo near Odesa, killing four of five Indian │
│ ~20M bpd transiting Hormuz; US average gas │ │ crew - the first Indian seafarer deaths of │
│ topped $4/gallon July 20 and Goldman warned │ │ the war; India's MEA called it │
│ of $120 if Hormuz disruption persists into │ │ 'unacceptable' while the Kremlin said │
│ Q4. Macro context for Gulf exporters and │ │ strikes continue. Friction with a │
│ importers. │ │ cultivated non-aligned partner: Russia │
│ │ │ alliance held at -6 (noted strain). │
│ https://www.ibtimes.sg/us-completes-10th-ni │ │ │
│ ght-iran-strikes-after-mou-violation-congre │ │ https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/indi │
│ ss-debates-war-powers-90221 │ │ a-summons-russian-envoy-after-missile-strik │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ e-kills-four-indian-seafarers-off-ukraine-c │
│ oast-2026-07-21-1048907 │
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2026-07-20
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│ Ukraine strikes Moscow region with 400+ │ │ North Korea's Choe Son Hui travels to │
│ drones │ │ Moscow to meet Putin │
│ medium - Kyiv Independent - │ │ medium - NK News - unknown/independent │
│ independent/tilt [UKR,RUS] │ │ [PRK,RUS] │
│ │ │ │
│ Ukraine launched 400+ drones at the Moscow │ │ FM Choe Son Hui met Putin in Moscow July 20 │
│ region overnight into July 20 (oil depot in │ │ pledging continued support for Russia's │
│ Podolsk, logistics parks) plus a strike on │ │ Ukraine campaign (a Russian military jet │
│ 6 Black Sea vessels, retaliation for │ │ landed in Pyongyang the same day), while H1 │
│ Russia's July 19 Kyiv barrage; drone count │ │ DPRK-China trade grew y/y. The China + │
│ corroborated by Moscow mayor Sobyanin via │ │ Russia dual-track lifeline is intact and │
│ AP. Both-sides escalation, no │ │ strengthening. Held North Korea sanctions │
│ de-escalation: Russia and Ukraine conflict │ │ at the -10 floor and conflict at -8. │
│ held. Ukrainian tallies flagged. │ │ │
│ │ │ https://www.nknews.org/ │
│ https://kyivindependent.com/moscow-oblast-a │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ ttack-july-20-2026/ │
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│ Oil prices climb as US-Iran hostilities │
│ expand │
│ medium - Fortune - unknown/independent │
│ [SAU,RUS,IND,PAK] │
│ │
│ Brent ran to ~$88-90/bbl over the window │
│ (topping $90.19 July 20, highest since June │
│ 11) on the expanding war and Hormuz risk. A │
│ revenue positive for exporters (SAU/RUS) │
│ and a cost/inflation drag for importers │
│ (IND/PAK/JPN). Context for the Gulf, │
│ India-rupee and Pakistan-reserve moves. │
│ │
│ https://fortune.com/article/price-of-oil-07 │
│ -20-2026/ │
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2026-07-19
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│ Russia launches large ballistic-missile │
│ attack on Kyiv │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/independent │
│ [RUS,UKR] │
│ │
│ Russia hit Kyiv with 41 ballistic missiles │
│ July 19 (1+ killed, 16 wounded) into │
│ Ukraine's acknowledged Patriot/PAC-3 │
│ interceptor exhaustion. Held Russia │
│ conflict at -9 and Ukraine conflict at the │
│ near -10 floor (worsened air-defense │
│ position). │
│ │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/19/ru │
│ ssia-launches-largest-ballistic-missile-att │
│ ack-on-kyiv-since-start-of-war │
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2026-07-16
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│ Russia's raddled stock market: MOEX at │
│ longest losing streak since 1997 │
│ medium - CEPA - unknown/independent [RUS] │
│ │
│ The MOEX fell to ~2,040 (lowest since Oct │
│ 2022) on a 17-consecutive-week losing │
│ streak, the longest since 1997, while the │
│ 2026 deficit is projected to overshoot plan │
│ by ~1T rubles and the ruble slid ~8%/mo to │
│ ~78.6/USD. Worsened Russia fiscal_state │
│ near -3 to -4. │
│ │
│ https://cepa.org/article/russias-raddled-st │
│ ock-market/ │
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2026-07-15
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│ EU freezes Russian oil price cap for a week │ │ Serbia pledges aid to Ukraine but ducks │
│ as sanctions stall │ │ call for more pressure on Russia │
│ large - Bloomberg - independent/independent │ │ medium - Reuters - wire/independent │
│ [RUS] │ │ [SRB,UKR,RUS] │
│ │ │ │
│ EU ambassadors froze the $44.10 oil price │ │ President Vucic made his first visit to │
│ cap for one week to July 23 (averting an │ │ Kyiv since the invasion July 15, pledging │
│ automatic revision toward ~$58) rather than │ │ more humanitarian aid but declining to sign │
│ letting it lapse, while the broad 21st │ │ a regional call for stronger Russia │
│ package stayed stalled. The prior pass's │ │ sanctions. Independently corroborated by │
│ lapse risk did NOT materialize: held Russia │ │ Reuters (the same event first surfaced only │
│ sanctions at -8 (no relief delivered). │ │ via a Kremlin pravda-network domain, which │
│ │ │ was excluded as a source). A mild westward │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │ │ gesture that preserves Serbia's EU-Russia │
│ 6-07-15/eu-freezes-russian-oil-price-cap-fo │ │ straddle: Serbia alliance_reliability held, │
│ r-a-week-as-sanctions-stall │ │ not scored on this alone. │
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│ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbia │
│ -pledges-aid-ukraine-ducks-call-more-pressu │
│ re-russia-2026-07-15/ │
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2026-07-14
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│ Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles │ │ Russia halts Don-Azov channel shipping, │
│ for second straight night │ │ closes Kerch Strait after Ukrainian drone │
│ medium - CBS News - tilt/independent │ │ strikes │
│ [UKR,RUS] │ │ medium - Euromaidan Press - │
│ │ │ unknown/independent [RUS,UKR] │
│ Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles │ │ │
│ July 13 and again after midnight July 14 │ │ The Kerch Strait / Don-Azov Canal shipping │
│ (fires in Holosiivskyi; 11 wounded by │ │ halt (from July 10, under Ukraine's Azov │
│ drones in Zaporizhzhia), hours after the │ │ drone campaign) persisted with no reopening │
│ Paris coalition summit. Ukraine conflict │ │ through July 20; ~25% of Russia's wheat │
│ held at the near-term floor. │ │ exports normally transit the Azov, with │
│ │ │ Euronext wheat at a 6-week high. Ukrainian │
│ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine │ │ vessel counts (116-136) flagged, not │
│ -drone-missile-strike-kyiv/ │ │ scored. Held Russia trade at -7. │
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│ https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/11/russ │
│ ia-halts-don-azov-channel-shipping-closes-k │
│ erch-strait-after-ukrainian-tanker-strikes/ │
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2026-07-13
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│ EU Fails to Agree on New Russia Sanctions, │ │ More than 350 Ukrainian drones attack │
│ Oil Price Cap Freeze │ │ Moscow region, killing three, according to │
│ feature - Bloomberg - │ │ local officials │
│ independent/independent [RUS,AUT,GRC] │ │ medium - Meduza - independent/independent │
│ │ │ [RUS,UKR] │
│ The EU failed to adopt its 21st Russia │ │ │
│ sanctions package July 13 over Greek LNG │ │ Over 350 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow │
│ objections and Austrian protection of │ │ and the surrounding region July 12-13 per │
│ Raiffeisen Bank, leaving the $44.10/bbl oil │ │ Mayor Sobyanin, with ~50 downed on approach │
│ price cap set to lapse July 15 with no │ │ to the city; at least 3 killed in the │
│ replacement (250 individual designations │ │ region and 4 across Russia (exile outlets │
│ did pass). Not pre-scored as lapsed: Russia │ │ relaying local Russian officials). Russia │
│ sanctions held at -8 pending the outcome. │ │ conflict held at -9. │
│ │ │ │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │ │ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/13/more-t │
│ 6-07-13/eu-fails-to-adopt-russian-sanctions │ │ han-350-ukrainian-drones-attack-moscow-regi │
│ -and-freeze-oil-price-cap │ │ on-killing-three-according-to-local-officia │
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│ Aughinish Alumina: Ireland will 'work with' │
│ European Commission if sanctions proposed, │
│ McEntee says │
│ medium - The Irish Times - │
│ unknown/independent [IRL,RUS] │
│ │
│ Follow-through on the OCCRP/Irish Times │
│ investigation: Ireland says it will │
│ cooperate if the Commission proposes │
│ alumina sanctions; the Irish government's │
│ own probe into the plant's Russian-linked │
│ exports is due within days. Watch-item; no │
│ score moved. │
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│ https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07 │
│ /13/aughinish-alumina-ireland-will-work-wit │
│ h-european-commission-if-sanctions-proposed │
│ -mcentee-says/ │
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2026-07-11
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│ Russia has suspended the passage of ships │ │ Russia halts shipping through Don-Azov │
│ through the Don-Azov Canal and the Kerch │ │ canal after Ukrainian strike on vessels, │
│ Strait │ │ Reuters reports │
│ feature - Reuters (via LIGA.net) - │ │ medium - Kyiv Independent - │
│ wire/independent [RUS,UKR] │ │ independent/independent [UKR,RUS] │
│ │ │ │
│ Russia's border service halted Kerch Strait │ │ Ukraine struck 21-35 Russian shadow-fleet │
│ shipping applications from July 10 and │ │ tankers in the Sea of Azov (July 10-11) and │
│ suspended Don-Azov Canal passage under │ │ Russia halted Don-Azov canal shipping, per │
│ Ukraine's Azov shadow-fleet drone campaign │ │ Reuters. Degrades Russian sanctions-evasion │
│ - the traffic halt independently │ │ oil logistics; Russia │
│ corroborated even though Ukrainian vessel │ │ trade_actions_capacity held at -6 │
│ tallies (76-105 struck) are self-reported. │ │ (Ukrainian tallies flagged, not yet │
│ Up to a quarter of Russian wheat exports │ │ OSINT-verified). │
│ transit the Azov. Drove Russia trade -6 to │ │ │
│ -7. │ │ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-halts-sh │
│ │ │ ipping-through-don-azov-canal-after-ukraini │
│ https://news.liga.net/en/war/news/reuters-r │ │ an-strike-on-vessels-reuters-reports/ │
│ ussia-has-suspended-the-passage-of-ships-th │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ rough-the-don-azov-canal-and-the-kerch-stra │
│ it │
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│ Russian missile and drone barrage kills two │
│ and wounds 19 in Ukraine │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [RUS,UKR] │
│ │
│ Russia fired 12 missiles and 121 drones │
│ overnight July 10-11, killing 2 and │
│ wounding 19 (11 in Kyiv); Zelensky cited │
│ 60+ killed in the capital region this │
│ month. Russia conflict held at -9; Ukraine │
│ conflict held near -10. │
│ │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/11/ru │
│ ssian-missile-attacks-wound-11-in-kyiv │
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2026-07-09
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│ Polish foreign minister warns of possible │
│ new Russian provocations │
│ medium - Ukrainska Pravda - │
│ independent/independent [POL,RUS] │
│ │
│ FM Sikorski said July 9 Warsaw has │
│ intelligence Russia is preparing new │
│ provocations, citing an active hybrid-war │
│ pattern (cyber, shadow-fleet │
│ reconnaissance, sabotage, drones); │
│ US/Latvian intel echoed the warning. Poland │
│ conflict_involvement held at -5 (confidence │
│ up). │
│ │
│ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/07/ │
│ 09/8043294/ │
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