Russia's August Fuel-Export Rebound Depends on Whose
Refining & ProductsRussia's seaborne oil-product loadings rose 16.4% month-on-month to 4.57 million tonnes in August, per Reuters calculations from industry origins, yet remained roughly 50% below August 2025. A rival tracker, CREA, logged a 21% August decline instead. Ukrainian strikes have idled half of Russia's top six diesel refineries, and Moscow's export ban persists.