The Latest Breaking News from Russia

December WTI crude oil (CLZ25 ) today is down -1.30 (-2.12%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ25 ) is down -0.067 (-0.89%). Crude oil prices are trading lower amid continued concern about a global oil surplus. Vortexa reported on Monday that crude oil stored on tankers that have been stationary for...

The prospect of issuing new joint debt at a European level to support Ukraine leaves Nordic leaders cold. They insist financing should come from Russian assets as the Commission looks for options to break the deadlock.

Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year

Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructure

Michael McFaul's new book feels like it was written in 2015, not 2025.

Nearly one million hectares of land in Ukraine have gone up in smoke this year as the Russian invasion turns forests into battlefields and leaves nature badly scarred. The fires follow the front line, raise fears of war crimes and add to a growing climate bill.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says long-range strikes on Russian refineries have reduced Moscow's oil refining capacity by 20%

Lukoil is selling its international assets in response to U.S. sanctions

The Ukrainian president stressed that this would ‘not a plan to end the war’ but one to ‘begin diplomacy’

The Russian economy is balancing on the edge of recession, yet the war could go on for years. Its financing appears to have no immediate major obstacles, according to experts.