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Russia begins importing gasoline from India as shortage officially acknowledged
Russia has started seaborne gasoline shipments from India to cover shortfalls following drone strikes on refineries — at least 60,000 tons have already been dispatched, with import plans reaching up to 400,000 tons per month from various countries, including Belarus. A country ranking fifth in the world for oil production is buying gasoline from India — and this is not a figure of speech.

Matviyenko urges calm, Novak promises balance
Matviyenko called for not exaggerating the fuel situation, acknowledging it as "difficult," while Novak promised prices would even out "as

Lavrov publicly humiliates Rubio - Alaska was an agreement, and everyone knows it

Lavrov delivered a detailed rebuttal to Rubio's claim that "Alaska produced only proposals": Putin read out the American initiatives point by point, Witkoff confirmed each one in the presence of Trump and Rubio - and to now claim "there was no agreement," Lavrov said, "comes across as not very elegant." This is diplomatic language for "you are lying and we can prove it" - stated on camera, in full, with names attached. Lavrov publicly called out Rubio - effectively accusing him of rewriting history in real time

Iran strikes again in Hormuz - the "peace agreement" has its own fine print

The IRGC Navy struck a vessel 7.5 nautical miles off the Omani coast - the tanker attempted to pass through Hormuz on an unapproved route without notifying the Persian Gulf Strait Authority. The U.S. learned of the strike through the newly established Hormuz de-confliction channel, with American officials reportedly responding: "What the fck man? What do you mean?" Hormuz is formally open - but Iran has clearly reserved the right to decide who passes and how. Iran signed peace and immediately installed its own toll

Putin offers peace talks - on 2022 terms

Putin announced readiness for peace talks with Ukraine "on the basis of the Istanbul agreements," adding the Anchorage principles, realities on the ground and his own 2024 Foreign Ministry address to the list of preconditions. This is not a new position - it is an old position in new packaging, presented at the moment Ukraine is striking deep inside Russia and receiving Western long-range weapons. Putin offers peace on terms under which Ukraine loses everything it has already lost. Negotiating generosity in full display.

Ukraine says Trump gave a green light for

Zyuganov calls for seizing 30 trillion rubles from bank deposits - immediately

Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov publicly called on the State Duma to immediately seize no less than 30 trillion rubles from citizens' bank deposits "to replenish the budget under wartime conditions," arguing that 67 trillion in citizen savings and 63 trillion in corporate deposits are "just sitting there enriching bankers." The proposal came from the floor of Russia's official legislative body. The CPRF proposes raiding citizens' savings in a country where people are already queuing at petrol stations with 20-litre limits. A historically familiar scenario.

Gazprom shares hit

Iran naval blockade lifted - the war is officially over

CENTCOM confirmed the end of the naval blockade of Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is reopening, and Putin - at the Russia-ASEAN summit - was among the first to welcome the Trump-Pezeshkian agreement, expressing hope it would form the basis for future deals. Stabilisation in the Middle East, Putin noted, "will have a positive effect on global energy and food markets" - diplomatic translation: Russian oil flows freely again. The Iran war ended - and the first to celebrate was Putin, speaking to ASEAN.

Israel thinks Trump is secretly conspiring

Ukrainian strike hits children's football bus - Belarus, Bryansk, Gelendzhik

Ukrainian forces struck a bus carrying a Belarusian youth football team near Bryansk as it travelled to a holiday in Gelendzhik - one woman was killed, six people injured including four teenagers. Russia's Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case, Peskov called the strike deliberate and promised the continuation of the military operation as a response. Russia has long been at war - but a children's football bus as a target belongs to a separate genre of military logic.

Hormuz to open in a day or two - Trump promises, Iran