The split
Russia's oil refining hits 24-year low in July as Ukrainian drone strikes and war costs squeeze economy on multiple fronts
The same story, as told by newsrooms in different countries. Their words, attributed and linked.
Russia (exile)
The Moscow Times
“Russian oil refining fell in July to its lowest level in more than two decades as Ukrainian drone attacks intensified against refineries, tankers and oil infrastructure.”
Independent Russian-exile outlet leading with Bloomberg data on drone-strike-caused refinery disruption; ties the 24-year refining low explicitly to intensified Ukrainian attacksread the original ↗
Russia (Latvia-exile)
Meduza (Russian)
“В июле 2026 года средняя производительность переработки нефти в России составила 3,6 миллиона баррелей в сутки. Это минимальный уровень с мая 2002 года.”
Latvia-based exile outlet citing Bloomberg's precise figure; 3.6 million bpd, the minimum since May 2002; the fuller Russian-language account of the same Bloomberg data pointread the original ↗
Russia (exile)
The Moscow Times (Russian)
“Накопленный за шесть месяцев дефицит федерального бюджета превысил сумму, предусмотренную законом на весь 2026 год.”
Russian-language exile outlet; reported that Russia's six-month federal budget deficit had exceeded the full-year legal limit, framing it as the budget having run out of runwayread the original ↗