This is at least twice the usual gas station prices. Sellers on Avito posted advertisements for the sale of gasoline at 200–350 rubles per liter in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol against the backdrop of fuel restrictions introduced in the region, Vorstka noted. This is at least twice the official purchase price.

The economic bloc of the government proposed to reduce defense spending Treasury and Central Bank officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that current levels of military spending are leading to a dangerously widening budget deficit . Bloomberg reports this, citing sources familiar with the discussions.

The Kremlin promises retaliatory measures The Serbian authorities are discussing the possibility of introducing a visa regime for Russian citizens as part of fulfilling the requirements of the European Union for further progress along the path of European integration. The head of the Serbian parliament committee on issues of diaspora and Serbs in the region, Dragan Stanojevic, stated this in a conversation with Izvestia.

Tehran demands an end to operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon Iran has stopped exchanging messages with the United States through intermediaries amid the worsening situation in Lebanon. This was reported by the Tasnim agency associated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to him, Tehran has linked further negotiations with Washington with the cessation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah.

The Tagor vessel is under US, EU and UK sanctions French President Emmanuel Macron said the French navy detained the Tagor oil tanker, which was coming from Russia. The vessel is suspected of belonging to the so-called Russian “shadow fleet”. According to Macron, the operation was carried out in the Atlantic Ocean on the high seas with the support of Great Britain and other partners.