Vladimir Putin changed the rules for the participation of foreign companies in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project. The decree on this was published on the day of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska, draws the attention of Reuters.

The United States considers the possibility of imposing sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil if Vladimir Putin refuses the ceasefire in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources. Measures will be aimed at reducing Russia's energy income and can be short -term to minimize the impact on prices. Among other possible measures are tightening restrictions on the Russian “shadow fleet” and the introduction of additional duties for buyers of Russian oil, including China.

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After today's meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, we can get an answer to the question of how much Putin is ready to make concessions in the settlement around Ukraine. One of the main factors on which it depends is the state of the Russian economy, which Trump and Putin are publicly evaluated very differently: the first recently called it dead, and the second a few days ago stated that the economy was “returning to the path of balanced growth”. How are things really?

The US President flew to Anchorida to meet with Vladimir Putin, who will be in Alaska today. Both leaders are already on the way, meanwhile, on both sides of the Ocean, politics speak of expectations from the upcoming negotiations. Trump threatened with “serious consequences” in case of failure Donald Trump said that he was counting on progress in negotiations in Ukraine and warned : if there are no agreements, “very serious economic consequences are waiting for Russia.

The largest Volgograd Lukoila Refinery stopped the oil reception after the attack of Ukrainian drones on August 14, Bloomberg reports . The fall in the wreckage caused the fire of spilled petroleum products, the liquidation of the fire took about 19 hours. According to ASTRA sources, two pipelines and the installation tank of primary oil refining lit up. According to the NASA FIRM service, the Lukoil-Volgogradnefte Perepassita plant fell under the blow.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are approaching the upcoming negotiations in Anchoridge with a different understanding of the “success” of the meeting, they write Bloomberg and Reuters . The American president will seek a ceasefire. For the Russian leader, the victory itself will be the very meeting on the American land, and the goal will be to mitigate the sanctions, without doing concessions.

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The military background to prepare the meeting of Vladimir Putin with Donald Trump was the offensive of Russian troops in the west of the Donetsk region, and the most discussed event was a breakthrough of the RF Armed Forces near Dobropol.