Indian refiners are concerned that the sanctions could lead to challenges in securing vessels for Russian oil, which would, in turn, push up freight rates. Additionally, payment issues related to the sanctions have been holding up purchases of Russian crude oil, with some tankers previously headed to India diverting elsewhere....
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In Volgograd, a southern region of Russia, a court found a man named Artyom P. guilty of “displaying the symbols of an extremist organisation.” He had uploaded a photo of an LGBT flag, an act he later described as “out of stupidity.” For this transgression, he has been fined 1,000 roubles (approximately £8.69). This...
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