After Ukrainian drones attacked eight of Russia's 10 largest refineries in May and oil refining fell to its lowest since the start of the war, restrictions on fuel sales appeared in at least 14 regions, where almost a third of Russians live.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at SPIEF that the federal budget deficit in 2026 will “increase slightly” compared to the target of 1.6% of GDP. According to him, this will not lead to a significant increase in domestic borrowing - the volume of gross loans on the market remains at the level of 5.5 trillion rubles.

Rosfinmonitoring included 36 structures in the list of extremist organizations - the OVD-Info media project, the Revolt Center association and 34 organizations associated with Memorial. OVD-Info is the largest Russian human rights media project, monitoring political persecution and providing legal assistance to detainees. The project arose within the Memorial human rights center in 2011 and has been its partner for a long time.

The authorities of Crimea and Sevastopol, as of today, have completely stopped selling gasoline for cash: according to previously purchased coupons - no more than 20 liters per person, officials are on duty at gas stations. This was reported by the head of the republic Sergei Aksenov and the governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev . Emergency and public transport, according to them, is fully provided with fuel.

US short-selling activist Grizzly Research accused the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli of hiding real income from Russia and indirectly supplying the Russian army. Pirelli said the allegations were "untrue" and instructed lawyers to litigate "in all jurisdictions." Grizzly has a short position in Pirelli shares - that is, the company makes money on their fall. What are they accused of? — Hidden income from Russia.

At SPIEF on Thursday morning, the traditional main session on economics took place - one of the few forum events that is still worth following. This year, its traditional list of participants has been reduced: on the eve of the event it became known that the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, would not participate in the discussion. The regulator's press service reported that she was on sick leave.

S&P 500 futures were down 0.4% today and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 1.2%. The reason is almost the only one - the quarterly report of one of the main chip manufacturers Broadcom. “Investor fears about AI threaten the record rally that kept stocks from falling during the biggest oil crisis in history,” Bloomberg writes. Broadcom, which added $270 billion in capitalization over the last five trading sessions, fell 14% in premarket trading despite rising profits and sales.

Ukraine’s European allies - Germany, France and Great Britain - are discussing with Kiev the possibility of negotiations with Russia, based on its growing economic problems, difficulties at the front and the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in attacks on the rear.