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Eurasia · event map· 12 items · 6 high importance

News · Belarus potash: a contradictory deal — 22/09 (+1)2News · Caucasus gas supply interruption — 16/09News · Korea–Central Asia summit and investment deals — 16/09News · Georgia moves to ban opposition parties — 15/09News · ARM–AZE delimitation and TRIPP delay — 09/09News · CPC disruption and Kazakh export routes — 08/09News · Power of Baikal (Power of Siberia 2) pipeline — 02/09News · Ukraine strikes Ust-Luga — 01/09News · Russian refining capacity −45% — 22/09News · Russia's 2027 budget framework — 17/09 (+4)5News · Moscow Refinery halts processing — 20/09News · Russian refinery infrastructure — 17/09News · Russian refinery crisis and fuel export ban — 15/09Analysis · Russian refining loss enters the rate text — 22/09

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HighI Geo-Economics22 Sept

Ukraine strikes the Kuibyshev and Ufa refineries: more than 45% of Russian refining capacity is out of service

On the night of 21-22 September the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, with capacity of 7 million tonnes a year, and Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim in Bashkortostan, with 7.5 million tonnes a year, were struck. Ukraine's General Staff said more than 45% of design capacity was out of service as of 21 September.

22 September 2026 · UFA

MediumI Geo-Economics22 Sept

Trump announces a huge deal to buy Belarusian potash; Lukashenko replies that this year's entire output is already contracted

MediumIV Macro & Debt21 Sept

United Russia takes as many as 355 seats in the 450-seat Duma on 59.32% turnout: a constitutional majority secured for tax and budget decisions

HighIII Conflict & Defence20 Sept

Both crude distillation units at the Moscow Refinery burn and the plant halts: Russia says it downed 1,110 drones overnight

HighIV Macro & Debt17 Sept

Putin: the 2027 budget deficit will be about 2% of GDP on an assumption of 50 dollars a barrel, with 2026 growth at most 1%

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22/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaTrump announces a huge deal to buy Belarusian potash; Lukashenko replies that this year's entire output is already contracted22/09HighI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaUkraine strikes the Kuibyshev and Ufa refineries: more than 45% of Russian refining capacity is out of service21/09MediumIV Macro & DebtEurasiaUnited Russia takes as many as 355 seats in the 450-seat Duma on 59.32% turnout: a constitutional majority secured for tax and budget decisions20/09HighIII Conflict & DefenceEurasiaBoth crude distillation units at the Moscow Refinery burn and the plant halts: Russia says it downed 1,110 drones overnight17/09HighIV Macro & DebtEurasiaPutin: the 2027 budget deficit will be about 2% of GDP on an assumption of 50 dollars a barrel, with 2026 growth at most 1%17/09HighIII Conflict & DefenceEurasiaThe AVT-3 unit processing 17,140 tonnes a day at the YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl was hit and crude processing stopped16/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaBelarus frees 25 political prisoners in return for the US lifting sanctions on two state companies16/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaRussian gas to Armenia cut from 15 to 25 September: 82% of imports came from Russia in 2025, at 2.7 billion cubic metres16/09HighI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaRussia extended its diesel export ban to 31 October: 3 of 6 major refineries disrupted, exports below 1 million tonnes16/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaIn the fifth year of the war and with an economy close to stagnation, Russia elects its 450-seat State Duma on 18–20 September16/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaFirst Korea–Central Asia summit in Seoul: Kazakhstan stands out with a 19 billion dollar package, Uzbekistan with about 12 billion dollars of projects15/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaGeorgian Dream adds Gakharia's party and seeks a Constitutional Court ban on all opposition parties that cleared the threshold in 202415/09HighI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaDrone strikes knock out three of Russia's six largest diesel refineries; Moscow prepares to extend its diesel export ban to the end of October11/09HighIV Macro & DebtEurasiaBank of Russia holds its rate at 14% on fuel-driven price pressure, pausing the easing cycle under way since June 202509/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaAzerbaijan and Armenia agree to delimit their border from north to south, but construction of the TRIPP corridor slips to 202708/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaDrone incident at the CPC terminal in Novorossiysk halts loadings, highlighting Kazakhstan's dependence on Russia for oil exports02/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsEurasiaWith the price dispute unresolved, Putin renames the planned Power of Siberia 2 pipeline to China 'Power of Baikal'01/09MediumIII Conflict & DefenceEurasiaUkraine strikes NOVATEK's Ust-Luga complex on the Baltic coast with unmanned aerial vehicles