(OTTAWA) – Canada has imposed sanctions on defence manufacturer Streit Group for supplying armoured vehicles and military equipment to Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardia), the Canadian government announced on 10 August. The sanctions were enacted under Canada’s Special Economic Measures Regulations, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand confirmed. The Canadian government statedContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russia is shifting its targeting from Ukraine’s sea export routes to land corridors in a deliberate attempt to further disrupt grain and other commodity shipments and damage Ukraine’s economy, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Russian forces likely struck a bridge near Maiaky inContinue Reading
(KYIV, Ukraine) – Foreign investors have cut their holdings of Russian federal loan bonds to just 3 percent, the lowest level since the debt instrument was first created. The figure marks a near total exit by non residents from what was once a widely held emerging market asset. Ukraine’s ForeignContinue Reading
(KYIV) – Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said Russia has officially scaled back its ambitions to replace foreign electronic components, describing the move as an acknowledgement that the programme has fallen short of its original objectives. According to the agency, the Russian government has reduced its target for the share ofContinue Reading
(MOSCOW) – Operations at the Ryazan oil refinery, one of Russia’s largest, have been suspended following a drone strike, with the shutdown expected to last up to two weeks, industry sources have told Reuters. The facility halted processing on Wednesday after the attack, according to a source cited by theContinue Reading
(MURMANSK, RUSSIA) – Russia has received its first seaborne shipment of AI-92 petrol from Morocco, according to two industry sources who spoke to Reuters on Friday. A Panama flagged tanker loaded the fuel at the Moroccan port of Tangier in mid July and is now discharging the cargo at theContinue Reading
(NEW DELHI) – Discounts on Russian Urals crude oil sold to India have shrunk to just $1 to $2 per barrel against the Brent benchmark this week, a sharp shift from early July when cargoes were trading at discounts of more than $10 per barrel, three trade sources told Reuters.Continue Reading
(BRUSSELS) – Russia’s military industrial complex will depend on imports of strategic minerals until at least 2035, leaving its defence production open to external economic pressure, according to a new report by the Economic Security Council of Ukraine. The study finds that despite holding the world’s largest reserves of mineralContinue Reading
(KYIV, Ukraine) – Russia’s agricultural sector is facing a deepening crisis that is severely undermining its harvest campaign. A combination of funding cuts, acute fuel shortages, and collapsing export logistics is placing extreme strain on farmers across the country. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine reported that the Kremlin hasContinue Reading
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Air travel across the Russian capital faced major disruption on Monday morning after authorities reported a large scale drone attack on Moscow, forcing three airports to suspend operations. Moscow’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram that air defence systems belonging to the Russian defence ministry shot downContinue Reading
