INSIDE RUSSIA
Howdy, friends!
Here’s the list of Russian oil refineries that have been temporarily (or permanently) put out of operations in 2025 so far:
• Kirishinefteorgsintez Refinery (Leningrad Province) — repeatedly (August and September)
• Syzran Refinery (Samara Province) — repeatedly (March and June)
• Unecha–Transneft Refinery (Bryansk Province) — repeatedly (April and July)
• Slavyansk Refinery (Krasnodar Province) — repeatedly (April and August)
• Afipsky Refinery (Krasnodar Province) — repeatedly (February and March)
• Ilsky Refinery (Krasnodar Province) — once (February)
• Novoshakhtinsk Refinery (Rostov Province) — repeatedly (March, June, July, August)
• Ryazan Refinery (Ryazan Province) — repeatedly (March, August, September)
• Kstovo Refinery (Nizhny Novgorod Province) — once (March)
• Angarsk Refinery (Irkutsk Province) — once (June)
• Krasnodar Refinery — repeatedly (May, August)
• Tuapse Refinery (Krasnodar Province) — once (January)
• Orsk Refinery (Orenburg Province) — once (March)
• Yaroslavl Refinery (Yaroslavl Province) — once (March)
• Nizhnekamsk Refinery (Tatarstan) — once (March)
• Novokuibyshevsk Refinery (Samara Province) — once (March)
• Antipinsky Refinery (Tyumen Province) — once (March)
• Omsk Refinery (Omsk Province) — once (March)
• Volgograd Refinery — repeatedly (March, August)
• Achinsk Refinery (Krasnoyarsk Province) — once (March)
• Kuibyshev Refinery (Samara Province) — once (March)
• Yaysky Refinery (Kemerovo Province) — once (March)
• Novosibirsk Refinery — once (March)
• Lower Volga Refinery (Astrakhan Province) — once (March)
• Saratov Refinery — repeatedly (March, September)
The result? Current loss in fuel (gas and diesel) production output by more than 20%!
I will tell more on the refineries out of order and, as the result, of spreading fuel shortages in Russia. Wednesday WEEKLY ECONOMIC REVIEW is coming up shortly – please stay tuned! (it’ll be a video, not live stream)
❤️K
Splendid! I want to see more fires across the mafia state.
I was reading that the Flamingo missiles won’t be ready until next year. It’s a shame if that’s the case.
They could use the Neptuns and Long Neptuns, I suppose.
The drones are doing a good job, but something with a bigger bang would help.
Hopefully the TigerShark can help when it comes to expanding the list above.
It is designed and built in the UK, and will be available to MGI Engineering’s partners from October 2025, the company said in a press release.
But of course I don’t know if Ukraine is one of MGI Engineering’s partners.
The TigerShark is capable of carrying a 300kg modular payload over 750km at subsonic speeds of 750km/h. It has been optimised for deep-strike missions against high-value targets. The system is equipped with advanced autonomy from Auterion, allowing it to operate in GPS-denied and communications-contested environments. It uses inertial and terrain-mapping navigation with on-board edge computing to ensure guidance and accuracy.
Launched from the ground via RATO (Rocket Assisted Take-Off) or vehicle platforms, the drone has been engineered for salvo firing, which enables multiple TigerSharks to be deployed simultaneously to overwhelm air defence systems. Its open architecture design allows for rapid in-service upgrades and a wide array of payload options, from high-explosive warheads to electronic warfare and decoy packages.
There is no better place to test it than on a russian oil refinery.