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Axios: Trump struck diesel deal with Putin after Zelensky Ignored six US requests to stop attacking Russian refineries
The agreement came in response to continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, as Washington and Kyiv clashed behind the scenes over attacks affecting fuel prices in the US
Ukraine strikes largest refinery in Siberia, which supplied fuel to Russian army
Ukraine's army says it has struck Russia's largest oil refinery, in Omsk, some 2,500 kilometres from the border. The plant, operated by Gazprom Neft, supplies fuel to the Russian army and was also attacked in July
Reuters: Washington discussed with Moscow possible involvement in the Nord Stream project
Kushner and Dmitriev discussed the possibility of a U.S. investor becoming involved in the Nord Stream pipelines, through which natural gas was transported from Russia to Europe — The obstacles to restarting the pipelines
Kremlin says WHO was notified of Siberian plague institute death as US calls for greater openness
The Kremlin says it informed the WHO of a Siberian plague institute worker's death through the usual channels, as Washington asks for more openness and the WHO rates the wider risk as low
WHO seeks information from Russia on reports of second laboratory worker with pneumonia
Russia’s public health agency announced yesterday that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with the laboratory worker at a Siberian anti-plague institute, who died last week
Strikes on 40 refineries in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East send fuel prices soaring
US President Donald Trump has ruled out a diesel export ban after the G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of emergency fuel, while Greek refiners post surging profits by exporting scarce diesel to Europe
Lukoil’s $20 billion deal: the oil ‘battle’ uniting Trump, Putin and Gulf billionaires
The sale of Lukoil's international assets, worth around $20 billion, has moved from sanctions policy into the talks between Washington and Moscow, with a Boehly-led consortium backed by Gulf investors and a US state agency challenging Carlyle's earlier agreement.
