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China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades

China has been developing closer ties with countries in central Asia over recent years. Trade between China and the central Asia region grew to US$89 billion (£69 billion) in 2023, an increase of 27% on the previous year. Chinese trade rose with every country there except Turkmenistan.

The Conversation

Ukraine launches second major drone attack against Russian oil refineries in a week

Intelligence sources say one refinery had been hit by four Ukrainian drones, causing ‘significant damage”

The Independent UK

Russia to ‘merge three oil companies’ to boost war effort

The merger of Rosneft Oil, Gazprom Neft and Lukoil would be second only to Saudi Arabia’s Aramco’s output

The Independent UK

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Full List of Russian Executives and Officials to Die By Alleged 'Suicide' Under Putin As Latest Oil Tycoon 'Falls' From Window

The growing list of Russian business executives and government officials who have died under mysterious circumstances has gained another name.

Latin Times

Loopholes In Sanctions Allow Western Nations To Purchase Russian Oil

Discover how Western nations exploit sanctions loopholes to indirectly purchase Russian oil through Turkey, supporting Russia's war efforts.

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Ukraine war briefing: First F-16 fighter jets arrive – officials

Zelenskiy to China – don’t mediate, ‘force’ Russia to stop; president blames Russian gains on strike limits by western allies. What we know on day 890

The Guardian - AU

Russia escalates the war in Ukraine, aiming to complicate Kyiv’s defence

Russia opens a new front in Ukraine’s north, prompting Kyiv to respond with attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.

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Pro-Ukraine Militias Stage Attack On Russian Border Regions

Pro-Ukrainian militias staged a brazen cross-border attack on Russia on Tuesday, fighters and Russia's defence ministry said, hours after Kyiv launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war.

International Business Times

Ukraine launches wave of drone attacks on Russia

At least 25 drones and seven missiles were used in the large-scale air strikes, says Russia's defence ministry

Evening Standard

UK refinery owner extends credit facility with arm of oil firm part-owned by Russian who is under sanctions

Stanlow operator Essar stopped all imports of Russian fuel in 2022 but has arrangement with Litasco

The Guardian - UK

Russian oil boss becomes third to die suddenly at company that criticised Putin’s war

Energy company Lukoil last year took a public stand over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

What will replace Russia’s Wagner mercenary army?

Private force is already being torn apart by Russia’s military, intelligence services, and state-run corporations.

Al Jazeera

Russian oil refinery erupts in latest mystery fire at key energy installations

Ten fire brigades were sent to tackle the blaze, and there was a call for reinforcements amid a "difficult situation" at a giant Lukoil installation near Nizhny Novgorod, some 300 miles east of Moscow in Russia

Daily Mirror

Bulgaria secretly supplied Ukraine fuel and ammunition in early months of war

Former PM tells of crucial operation, which was launched covertly due to pro-Russia sympathies in political class

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Reuters

Bulgaria seeks to revive trans-Balkan pipeline project to secure non-Russian oil

Bulgaria is looking to revive a trans-Balkan oil pipeline project to secure non-Russian crude oil supplies for its only oil refinery on the Black Sea, controlled by Russia's Lukoil, President Rumen Radev said on Tuesday.

The New Daily

Why are so many Putin critics tumbling out of high-storey windows?

Police are investigating the strange circumstances surrounding the death of Russian tycoon, Pavel Antov, who criticised the war in Ukraine.

ABC News

Indian police launch criminal investigation into mysterious death of Russian oligarch

Pavel Antov — a Russian politician and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry — died suddenly during a holiday in India this week.

The Independent UK

Bulgaria to let Russian oil refinery export despite EU ban

Bulgaria will allow a Black Sea refinery owned by a Russian oil company to keep operating and exporting oil products to the European Union until the end of 2024 despite warnings by Brussels that it is against the bloc’s sanctions

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The Independent UK

Italian oil workers seek deal for Russian-owned refinery

Thousands of workers at a Russian-owned oil refinery in Sicily have protested the facility's possible closure as Europe imposes a full embargo on Russian oil starting next month

Daily Mirror

Multi-millionaire Russian becomes latest top official to die since Ukraine invasion

Nikolay Petrunin has become the latest in a series of high-profile Russian energy executives to die, apparently from complications linked to severe Covid, though this is not confirmed

ABC News

Russia's millionaires dying in 'epidemic of murder' to fund Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, says campaigner

Russia's elite businessmen are dying in more and more suspicious circumstances. Human rights campaigner Bill Browder suspects the hand of the man in the Kremlin.

Daily Mirror

Top Russian manager found dead in 'suspicious suicide' amid fears of Kremlin purge

Pavel Pchelnikov, 52, was found with a gunshot would on the balcony of his Moscow home just weeks after posting seemingly happy holiday pictures on social media

Daily Mirror

12 powerful Vladimir Putin critics and oligarchs found dead since start of Ukraine war

Last week another of the warmonger's close allies Ivan Pechorin, 39, met his maker after reportedly falling into the sea off his boat as he sailed close to Russky Island off Russia's Pacific coast

Daily Mirror

Kremlin purge escalates as VIPs opposing Putin's Ukraine war found dead

Fears among Putin’s oligarchy have soared since the suspicious death this month of anti-war oil magnate Ravil Maganov, 67, amid claims he was beaten before “falling” to his death

Irish Mirror

Incredible list of Putin's oligarchs dead since war began - falling out hospital windows and off yachts

The Kremlin leader is notorious for holding grudges, and holds immense power and influence over the majority of companies in the Eastern European state

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