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Fires engulfed a gas terminal in a port on the Sea of ​​Azov and an oil refinery in the Samara region — both facilities are of strategic importance for ensuring the rear and the army of the Russian Federation.

The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey have stressed the importance of Black Sea security for the three NATO littoral states.

Russia’s latest threats to intensify strikes on Ukrainian ports have led to a rise in grain prices on world exchanges, including Chicago.

Romania’s coalition government has approved a decree that allows it to take control of the local assets of sanctioned companies, including Russia’s Lukoil.

Ukraine has provided the EU with detailed information on vessels, captains, operators, oil recipients and refineries involved in sanctions circumvention schemes.

The company said that security risks to its fleet have increased sharply after the incident with explosions off the coast of Senegal.

The Russian government has ordered all port operators to check foreign ships for explosives. The FSB will issue a permit for a ship to dock.

A series of agreements between Moscow and Hanoi provide for fixing the minimum selling price of Russian oil at no lower than $75 per barrel, which is significantly higher than the price ceiling.

This is the third vessel linked to the Russian “shadow fleet” to be hit by explosions in recent days.

The Russian vessel Midvolga-2, which was heading from Russia to Georgia with a cargo of sunflower oil, was attacked near the coast of Turkey.