Kyiv’s forces attacked e-commerce giant Ozon sites for the third consecutive night.

Russia says restarted refineries should boost domestic fuel supplies as shortages persist following Ukrainian strikes and peak summer demand.

Owners could lose control of facilities if regulators find them too slow to repair damage.

The worsening state of Russia’s economy is now a “liability” for Putin as he deals with the public and his officials, according to Sergey Guriev, who during his stint as rector at Moscow's New Economic School (NES) between 2004 and 2013, was an informal adviser to ex-President Dmitry Mevevdev and sat on Russian government advisory boards.

“Black August,” or “the August curse,” has become a sort of journalistic shorthand in Russia for dramatic crises that seem to happen in the last weeks of summer. But amid the uneasy speculation this year,

The financial sector's loss of deposits has created a liquidity crunch so severe that it's threatening Russia's ability to fund its war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects a guard of honor during his official state visit to Astana, Kazakhstan, on May 28, 2026. The Iran War has largely confirmed President Putin’s view of the destabilizing nature of US foreign policy. (Shutterstock/Takeshisan)

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Burnham compares Kyiv’s battle with Moscow to Britain’s fight with Nazi Germany - Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after wee