People in Shetland or the Outer Hebrides: how are you coping with the diesel prices?
Are you taking fewer journeys by car? Or are you cutting back in other areas to pay your diesel bill? Russia’s war-damaged refineries and the Middle East crisis have erased about a fifth of the world’
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theguardian.com
25.09.2026
Russia targets Ukraine’s data centres
Kyiv residents experience two days of internet disruptions, raising fears over access to banking and other online services
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ft.com
25.09.2026
ArcelorMittal to shutter Ukraine plant after Russian strikes kill workers
Steel giant faces $1bn impairment charge in wake of attack on Kryvyi Rih operations
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ft.com
25.09.2026
Russia raises taxes to fund its war in Ukraine
Moscow to increase dividend tax on foreign investors and introduce windfall taxes on gold and metals producers
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ft.com
24.09.2026
Russia could attack Nato country within months, Denmark warns
Intelligence service cites ‘low but growing risk’ of troop movement into neighbouring country or attack on infrastructure
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ft.com
24.09.2026
Rosneft billions fed Kremlin-backed money laundering network
FT investigation shows the state oil group’s hard currency was at heart of Russia’s efforts to circumvent sanctions
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ft.com
23.09.2026
Europe frets about Trump. But soon he could be the least of our problems | Mujtaba Rahman
The US relationship is stabilising, but how will Europe face up to Russia and China if President Le Pen is in power?I addressed a group of more than 100 European ambassadors recently on the big challe
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theguardian.com
23.09.2026
US government and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets
Consortium aims to unseat Carlyle, which struck deal to buy Russian group’s international business in January
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ft.com
22.09.2026
EU removes two oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms
Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency calls ‘a difficult compromise’ for the blocThe EU has agreed to remove two Russian billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhai
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theguardian.com
22.09.2026
Putin’s ‘war heroes’ form new political elite in Russian parliament
Many of the men served in units that Kyiv has accused of war crimes
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ft.com
22.09.2026
Nik Storonsky’s plan for Revolut: a global bank with ‘effectively zero risk’
Russian-born founder and CEO talks to the FT about building Europe’s most valuable start-up
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ft.com
21.09.2026
Ukraine hits Moscow with ‘largest ever’ drone attack
Major oil refinery in Russian capital set ablaze as voting draws to a close in stage-managed parliamentary elections
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ft.com
20.09.2026
Russia’s new air campaign seeks to destroy Ukrainian economy
Drone and missile strikes hit warehouses, steel plants, ports and railways, depriving Kyiv of more than $1.5bn in tax revenue
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ft.com
20.09.2026
Nestlé Loses the Keys to Its Russian Business
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finance.yahoo.com
19.09.2026
Russia seizes control of Nestlé and Auchan operations
Move is first crackdown on western-owned assets since 2023
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ft.com
18.09.2026
The GDP-per-person slowdown threatens global living standards
Brazil, China, Germany and Russia have recently joined an unfortunate club
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economist.com
17.09.2026
US charges five people linked to Russian ‘assassination network’
Indictment marks a rare accusation of Kremlin-backed plots on American soil
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ft.com
16.09.2026
Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter over Baltic Sea
Denmark says one of the flares passed the aircraft at close range, branding the action as ‘reckless’
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ft.com
15.09.2026
Vladimir Putin moves summit over Ukrainian drone threat
Russian president has avoided Black Sea coast for nearly a year
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ft.com
15.09.2026
Russian businessman bankrolls Donald Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding after-party
President’s son and his wife confirm Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of celebration
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ft.com
15.09.2026