Russia's exports of refined oil products hit a new low in August. Just 4.05 million tonnes left the country, worth 2.4 billion euros. That is 57 percent less than August last year and the weakest month since CREA began tracking this in 2022, when the wartime average was 9.4 million tonnes. 1/3
This was true on preliminary too, but I wanted to wait for revised to throw the signal flare that I'm thinking this is a big deal, and a new post-2024 development. www.bls.gov/news.release...
Second Quarter 2026, Revised - 2026 Q02 Results
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Putin : “Russia had repaired 90% of its oil refineries.” 🌍: … at least once in last 4 years, but how about after last debris incident?
Prune60@prune602.bsky.social · 2w ago‼️ Russia: “Putin called reports of post-election mobilization "nonsense" and said Russia had repaired 90% of its oil refineries.” 🇷🇺: JUST TRUST ME (and maybe carpool or take public transport) ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/02/p...
I’m looking through all these headlines in Russian Media related to things Putin said to day, and they all seem to be…it’s hard to put into words. You just look at them and think, what are you trying to accomplish here?
‼️ Russia: “All regions will be able to attract short-term treasury loans "on demand" from September 1” 👀 Interesting www.interfax.ru/business/111...
Quick view Russian rail loading August 2026. The future is coal!
Prune60@prune602.bsky.social · 2w agoYou can see that this month major reduction in loading is 👉 Oil & Oil Products This is being offset mainly by increases in loading from 👉 Coal 👉 Grain both are products that could be moved in significant quantities by gondola car.
‼️ Russian Railways August 2026 Loading Update Thread I think the most popular loading data among readers this week will be 👉 Oil & Oil Products Note: Full data tables are provided in the thread.
Putin used his Property Seizing Decree again! This time grabbing 👉 Dielectric Cable Systems, owned by Italian 🇮🇹 ADVENTUS INTERNATIONAL S.R.L. And placing it under temporary management.
It's easy, and sometimes right, to criticize the BBC but this excellent discussion, featuring heavyweight experts, of our (lack of) preparedness for the threat from Russia, on today's Radio 4 TWTW, is a reminder of just how good it can be: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The World This Weekend - How prepared is Nato for a Russian attack? - BBC Sounds
The CIA director is reported to have warned Russia against any attack on Nato.
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We found something that is statistically significant in the Russian road accidents data correlating to the fuel shortage. Russians cut car travel in July.
‼️ Thread: Data Compilation on CIA Chief Ratcliff visit to Moscow This is going to be a thread I slowly add to of data of information. It’s probably going to be messy but it is what is.
‼️ Russia: “VTB shares fell to a historic low.” It was a historic low on 26 August and a brand new historic low on 27 August. Last time I brought up those additional share, this article discusses the possible postponement of the additional share issue. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8910025
Prune60@prune602.bsky.social · 3w ago‼️ Russia: “VTB shares plummet to historic lows after hits to Wildberries and Ozon” 👉 49.86 rubles per share Let me give you something else to laugh about… ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/26/a...
🇷🇺: pay your taxes so we can military protect our country 🏭: hey drones hit us, where is protection 🇷🇺: protect yourself 🏭: against what, how, where to find AD and operators? 🇷🇺: if you don’t we confiscate you so we can protect you with our army
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 3w agoNew legislation just been quietly posted by Russia's state news agencies. Putin's decree is supposedly to protect Russia's critical infrastructure. However business owners are horrified to read Russia can impose "temporary management" if owners fail to implement security measures.
Russia is like an addict looking for their next hit. Even if they figure out how to get it, they’re not improving their situation. Their desire to continue is not an indication of their ability to continue. When does an addict stop?…it depends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2/2 What sort of sick bastard targets a packed shopping mall in daytime? Fifteen dead, 130 injured, with 29 of those seriously wounded. Here's how the Soniachna (Sun) Galleria in Kryvyi Rih used to look and after Russia's strikes today. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Bad financial waves getting bigger. Less money in banks for loans and more people having military signing fee as only way out.
Prune60@prune602.bsky.social · 4w ago‼️ Russia: “Moscow Credit Bank, closely linked to Rosneft, is facing a growing wave of loan defaults, according to its financial statements published by banki.ru .” Ok…let’s take a look at it… ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/19/u...
A civilian was deliberately hunted down and murdered by Russian terrorists in Kherson today. At a food market in the city’s Tavriiskyi district, a Russian FPV drone operator targeted a civilian vendor standing beside his car, loaded with the vegetables he sold to make a living.
❗️Russian oil refining fell to 3.6 million barrels per day in July, down 150,000 bpd from June, according to Bloomberg. The report says this is Russia's lowest monthly refining rate since May 2002. For comparison, July 2021 averaged 5.59 million bpd. #Russia
‼️ Russia: “Big businesses have begun cutting costs in defiance of Putin's demands.” 😂 ru.themoscowtimes.com
When you promises are up to 50% higher than nature can deliver: water supply to 40m people, important agriculture and increasing # data centers. Hydropower on 2 dams will stop. What are the 7 states doing to stop it from being a disaster. At end: how to prepare for water and electricity running out
Joel Lesko@sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 2mo agoWho gets the water? Humans, livestock, plants, or data centers? Water Wars coming to a faucet near you. Sooner than expected. offgridsurvival.com/40-million-p...
💎: help please 🇷🇺: maybe a little bit 💎: HELP it’s bad! 🇷🇺: (yikes, a war is expensive and my war chest is low/empty) 💎: so…. 🇷🇺: they don’t need help! 💎: WHAT?! 🇷🇺: 🔫 Actually I’ve decided you need to pay ME more, here’s an export duty! 💎: 😰 *shuts down another mine*
And the. You can see the remaining 4.172 trillion left over after repayments on this table. They need to do all of this just to make the current approved deficit work. And what is that deficit amount?
So you can be in a situation where they NEED a loan and are unable to get one, but they still have to pay on existing loans or else the default. In that situation their debt measured this way will shrink and disingenuous people will try to spin it as the 🇷🇺: Russia strong! Debt go down!
The Russian Central Bank held 2 REPO auctions today, a 7 day and 1 day. I highlighted the weighted REPO rate which is still running high compared to the Key Rate of 14.25% cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...
I've seen really sharp folks over the past couple of days remark on here that they're surprised by Iran's hardline response to Trump & his Team Clown Shoes diplomatic overtures, to keeping the Strait of Hormuz, & the Iranian response to renewed US strikes. There's a reason for the befuddlement. 1/
one constant of american reporting about other countries—or, for that matter, about non-white americans—is the total lack of awareness that other people have politics, too.
NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇
