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48 storiesVitol CEO says Western countries have exhausted available oil stocks
Russell Hardy, CEO of Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London that Western countries have exhausted the oil stocks available to them. He said the oil products market remains very de…
Mishustin orders digital ministry to tighten Gosuslugi account protection
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the Digital Development Ministry to strengthen protection of accounts on the Gosuslugi government services portal and to work out additional conditions for logging in or restoring access. Speaking at…
Von der Leyen says EU to cut Russian gas imports to zero; target date disputed
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will bring Russian gas imports to zero, down from a 45% share before the conflict in Ukraine to 12% now. Vedomosti reported the goal as the end of this year, while Kommersant an…
Rostelecom launches TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line
Rostelecom launched the TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line at the Digital Solutions – 2026 forum in the presence of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the company and state news agency TASS reported. The line runs from Russia's western…
Moldova–Romania power line to be named Trump Liberty Line with $130m US funding
A new 400 kV high-voltage power line between Moldova and Romania will be named the “Trump liberty line”, the US embassy in Moldova said. Washington is financing the $130m Strășeni–Gutinaș project on a grant basis, and a working group involv…
Novak urges stable fuel supplies, faster rules to meet Russian demand
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, after a regular meeting on the petroleum products market, called on ministries and vertically integrated oil companies to keep ensuring stable fuel supplies to the domestic market. The governme…
Russian PM Mishustin to speak as “Digital Solutions” forum opens in Moscow
The “Цифровые решения” (Digital Solutions) forum opened in Moscow on 6 October, with more than 13,000 people registered, according to RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will take part, speaking at the main plenary session and tou…
ASOS reports possible client data leak after cyberattack; shares fall
British online clothing retailer ASOS was hit by a hacker attack, with the attackers saying they breached its app and threatening to leak a database. ASOS said personal information, including surnames and contact details, may have been acce…
Novak chairs fuel market meeting as officials report reserves, regional price measures
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak chaired a meeting on the fuel market, where the Energy Ministry reported on accumulated fuel reserves and regional authorities presented measures to regulate fuel prices. Novak said there is no diesel s…
RTK-DC sets up certification center for trusted IT infrastructure
RTK-DC, described as a full-cycle IT service provider, has created a Certification Center for Trusted IT Infrastructure under Rostelecom's voluntary certification system “Trusted Digital Environment”, according to TASS and technology outlet…
Putin holds meeting on energy storage systems, Kremlin says
President Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting on the development of energy storage systems, state agencies reported, after the Kremlin announced it earlier in the day. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin would …
Russian software sales reach almost 3 trln rubles in first half, Mishustin says
Russian software product sales came to almost 3 trillion rubles in the first half of 2026, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the plenary session of the “Цифровые решения” forum in Moscow. Vedomosti and Interfax put the increase at ab…
Mishustin calls for faster shift to domestic equipment for Russia's 5G networks
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Russia must speed up the transition to domestically made telecommunications equipment to create conditions for 5G networks, speaking at the Digital Solutions forum. He said the shift was needed …
EU Commission warns of “very difficult winter” over energy prices
A European Commission spokesperson, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, said the EU is heading into a very difficult winter because of energy prices, despite G7 measures to stabilise the market. The G7 agreed on 2 October to release up to 100 million barre…
St Petersburg Exchange halts publication of fuel trade data under decree
The St Petersburg Exchange has stopped publishing a range of data in its Oil Products section, citing a presidential decree on control of information and statistics in the fuel and energy sector. Interfax says the withheld items include con…
Crimea power outages hit Bakhchysarai district and Alushta
Damage to 110-35 kV networks of the Taurida grid operator cut power in Crimea's Bakhchysarai district on 5 October, the state enterprise Sevastopolenergo said, a report TASS also carried. The next morning Alushta and Alushtinsky district lo…
Max messenger adds polls in channels
The national messenger Max has launched polls in channels, its press service said. Administrators on Android, desktop and web versions can create polls, while iOS users can publish them via the mobile web version, according to iXBT. The fea…
Yandex open-sources YTsaurus Flow for real-time data processing
Yandex has released YTsaurus Flow, a technology for continuously processing large streams of data, into open source, according to TASS, CNews and vc.ru. It handles clicks, likes and other online events as they appear, which the company says…
Ukrainian expert says Kyiv could face 14-16 hours of daily blackouts in October
Kyiv could be left without electricity for 14 to 16 hours a day as early as October, according to Oleh Popenko, head of Ukraine's Union of Consumers of Communal Services, as reported by TASS and RIA Novosti. Popenko said energy infrastructu…
Trump blames Ukrainian refinery strikes for US gasoline price rise
US President Donald Trump said rising gasoline prices in the United States are caused by Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and by refinery closures in Democratic-run states such as California, and not by the Strait of Hormuz. Russian …