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News Articles: russian oil

Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 3, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Latest on Ukraine: EU just banned Russian diesel and other oil products (Feb. 6)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 06, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Tires of a truck are pictured at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27. A European ban on imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries takes effect Feb. 5. The goal is to stop feeding Russia's war chest, but fuel costs have already jumped since the war started and they could rise again.

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  • World

Europe is set to ban Russian oil products, the latest strike on the Kremlin war chest

Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.

February 04, 2023
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  • Jackie Northam
Oil tankers are seen at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11. This is one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia.

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  • World

Russia has amassed a shadow fleet to ship its oil around sanctions

Russia would have to use tankers willing to get around sanctions to ship its crude to Asia. It's known in the oil industry as a "shadow fleet."

January 21, 2023
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  • Jackie Northam
Svitlana (center) and Anastasiya (bottom) take shelter with their McDonald's coworkers in Lva Tolstoho Metro during an air alert in Kyiv on Monday. Russia renewed its missile attacks across Ukraine on Monday.

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  • World

Week in Ukraine war: new Russian strikes, oil price cap, no Biden-Putin talks (Dec. 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

December 05, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil.

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  • World

What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

Plans take effect next week that would ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

December 02, 2022
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  • Jackie Northam
Smoke rises this week in the city of Sievierodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 31)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 31, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Ukrainian demonstrators demand an embargo on Russian oil during a protest in front of EU institutions prior to an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels on Monday.

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  • Europe

The EU will block most Russian oil imports as Hungary's Orbán fights off a total ban

Pipeline deliveries, which are critical to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, won't be affected by the ban. The much more complicated issue of Russian natural gas remains unresolved.

May 31, 2022
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  • Rob Schmitz
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gives his an international press conference April 6, days after his FIDESZ party won the parliamentary election, in the Karmelita monastery housing the prime minister's office in Budapest.

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  • Energy

One man stands between Europe and a ban on Russian oil: Hungary's Viktor Orban

The move has to be adopted unanimously, and Hungary — with a state oil company dependent on Russian imports and a populist leader friendlier toward Putin than most — has refused to go along.

May 12, 2022
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  • Christopher Dean Hopkins
The PCK oil refinery, which is majority-owned by Russian energy company Rosneft and processes oil coming from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline, in Schwedt, Germany.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 4)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 04, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Dark smoke rises following an airstrike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on Tuesday. Russia said its artillery hit hundreds of targets across the country in the past day.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 3)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 03, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Ride-share companies Lyft and Uber announced they will add a temporary surcharge on their rides to help their drivers deal with the rise in gas prices.

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  • Your Money

Uber and Lyft add fuel surcharges to rides as gas prices surge nationwide

As of Monday, the average cost of a gallon of regular fuel is now $4.325, according to AAA. Both ride-share companies say they're adding surcharges to deal with the spike in gas prices in the U.S.

March 15, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Protesters in Boston call for a ban on Russian oil at a rally for Ukraine on Sunday.

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  • Politics

Biden announces Russian oil import ban and warns gas prices could increase even more

President Biden described the move as a critical step to punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, but said as a result, Americans should prepare for price hikes at the pump.

March 08, 2022
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  • Scott Detrow and
  • Alana Wise

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