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Higher oil prices carry a sting in the tail for Russia — resurgent inflation
By pushing up oil prices, the war in Iran is offering Russia a short-term revenue boost — but at the cost of reigniting inflation, complicating the central bank's efforts to stabilize an already strained wartime economy. Before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes across Iran at the end of February, a slump in oil prices had been pressuring one of the Kremlin’s most important sources of revenue. With shipping through the narrow Strait of Hormuz — which handles about a quarter of the global seab
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,319,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,050 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian-friendly ex-president's party leads in Bulgaria's snap parliamentary elections, results show
Despite outperforming the second place finisher, We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, by about 30 percentage points, Radev's party will still need coalition partners to govern.
Russian drone attack on Kyiv Oblast damages homes, injures 1
Brovary has occasionally been the subject of attacks on the capital since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The city serves as the largest suburb of Kyiv, located just 20 kilometers from the capital.
Major fire reported after drone strike on oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery in southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai during an overnight attack on April 20, as Kyiv continues efforts to disrupt Moscow's war funding.
Monday, April 20
Ukraine's long-range strikes inflicted billions of dollars in Russian oil revenue losses in March, Zelensky says
"I am grateful to all our warriors for their precision," Zelensky said in his evening address. "We will continue this work in April," Zelensky said just one day after Ukraine's military struck another four oil industry facilities overnight on April 18.
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