Information on current Russian losses due to sanctions as of 06/12/2026.
1. Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a massive UAV strike on the “Tolyattikauchuk” plant in Russia’s Samara region.
– “Tolyattikauchuk” is one of the country’s largest petrochemical enterprises and is part of the “Tatneft” group. The plant specializes in the production of synthetic rubber, polymers, monomers, organic synthesis products, and components for the fuel industry.
– The key products of the enterprise are butadiene-styrene and isoprene rubber, used in the production of tires and a wide range of rubber technical products. These products are used in the automotive industry, industry, transportation sector, and special equipment.
– The strike on “Tolyattikauchuk” was another attack on the Russian industrial complex, which provides strategic materials for various sectors of the country’s economy.
2. Ukraine attacked large petrochemical enterprises in Tatarstan and the Samara region.
– On the night of June 12, Ukrainian drones struck several facilities of Russia’s fuel and energy complex, including large petrochemical enterprises in Tatarstan and the Samara region.
– One of the targets was the “Nizhnekamskneftekhim” plant in Tatarstan — one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes. The enterprise, owned by “Sibur,” produces synthetic rubber, plastics, polymers, and other chemical products used in various industries.
– The “Taneko” refinery in Nizhnekamsk, owned by “Tatneft,” was also hit. According to Russian sources, fires broke out on the enterprise’s territory.
– Preliminary reports indicate damage to primary oil processing units and raw material storage tanks.
– The plant’s capacity exceeds 16 million tons of oil per year, making it one of the country’s largest refineries. The attack was another blow to Russia’s oil and petrochemical sector.
– Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian drones have been regularly attacking refineries, oil depots, and chemical enterprises, leading to a reduction in oil processing, fuel shortages in certain regions, and a sharp increase in gasoline prices.
3. Oil production in Russia has been declining for the sixth consecutive month. According to OPEC, after a peak in November 2025 at 9.38 million barrels per day, production has been decreasing monthly.
– In May, the average daily production was 9.009 million barrels. Thus, in half a year, Russia lost about 370,000 barrels per day, or nearly 4% from the November level.
– The current production volume is also 690,000 barrels below the quota allocated to Russia under the OPEC+ agreement. One reason for the decline was regular Ukrainian drone strikes on oil infrastructure facilities.
– The attacks disable storage, pumping, and processing capacities, complicating the industry’s operations. Additional pressure is exerted by a lack of investments, increasingly impacting the ability to maintain production at mature fields and develop new projects.
4. In Russia, the implementation of national projects has begun to slow due to funding issues.
– The implementation of national projects in Russia is increasingly lagging behind approved plans. As of June 1, spending on these programs amounted to 2.25 trillion rubles, or only 34.5% of the annual plan. The backlog reached 7.1%.
– The worst situation is observed in high-tech directions, which the Kremlin previously called key to ensuring the country’s technological sovereignty.
– Specifically, the “Means of Production and Automation” project was completed at only 18%, “New Nuclear and Energy Technologies” at 18.3%, “Effective Transportation System” at 18.2%, and the “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” project at 26.9%.
– The bioeconomy technology support program is also lagging, with only 30% completion. The government has already been forced to revise funding for individual projects and reduce support for the agro-industrial complex and several regional programs.
– The slowdown in national project implementation creates additional risks for the Russian economy.
– Lags in automation, digitalization, and the development of new technologies exacerbate the technological gap with leading global economies and complicate addressing the labor shortage problem, which is becoming more acute due to the war and demographic crisis.
5. India stated it bought Russian oil after 2022 at the request of the USA.
– Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stated that New Delhi began actively buying Russian oil following the full-scale war not only because of its favorable price but also at the behest of the USA, which sought to prevent a sharp increase in global oil prices.
– According to the minister, in 2022, Washington urged India to increase purchases of Russian oil to stabilize the global oil market. He emphasized that the Indian authorities were primarily guided by price and resource availability.
– Jaishankar explained that after the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia, European countries began actively buying oil from the Middle East, which traditionally supplied India.
– As a result, New Delhi was forced to seek alternative supply sources, and Russian oil became one of them. The minister also criticized the USA’s contradictory approach to sanctions against the Russian oil sector, stating that economic interests, rather than principled considerations, prevailed in this matter.
– The Indian minister’s statement effectively confirms that after losing the European market, Russia managed to retain a significant portion of its oil exports thanks to demand from Asian countries.
6. A Russian businessman was sentenced to five years in prison in Belgium for circumventing sanctions.
– A court in Brussels sentenced a Russian-Belgian businessman to five years in prison for illegally supplying Russia with chemicals and dual-use goods that can be used, among other things, in the production of explosives. The investigation established that the businessman played a key role in organizing the export of over 400 tons of products to Russia, some of which were under European Union sanctions.
– Among the supplied goods were sensors for detecting and controlling explosions, as well as yttrium oxide, which is used in high-tech industries, including the production of optics, lasers, and electronic components.
– The court recognized that the businessman’s activities were classified as a “political crime” due to facilitating the supply to Russia of products with strategic significance.
– European countries are increasingly pursuing individuals and companies that help Moscow access technologies and materials necessary to support industry and military production despite international restrictions.
7. The USA extended the permit for the import of Russian oil to Japan until the end of 2026.
– The US Department of the Treasury extended until December 18, 2026, the license allowing the transportation and supply of oil from the Russian “Sakhalin-2” project to Japan.
– The exception applies only to oil intended for the Japanese market. The license has been in effect since 2022 and is regularly extended due to concerns about Japan’s energy security.
– In 2025, Tokyo also excluded oil from “Sakhalin-2” from the price cap imposed by Western countries on Russian oil. Additionally, the USA extended until December the permit for conducting certain financial operations related to civilian nuclear energy, involving several Russian banks under sanctions, including “Sberbank,” “VTB,” “Gazprombank,” and other financial institutions.
– Even amid the sanctions policy, specific exceptions for the Russian energy sector continue to operate for the sake of US allies’ energy security.
– At the same time, the dependence of certain countries on Russian energy resources remains one of the factors allowing Moscow to retain some export revenues despite international restrictions.
8. Cyprus closed all visa centers in Russia.
– The Embassy of Cyprus announced the closure of all visa centers in Russia. Starting June 15, visa applications will only be accepted directly at the consular department of the embassy in Moscow or the consulates general in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar. The diplomatic mission explained that the closure of the visa centers is due to the expiration of the contract with the operator BLS International.
– After the introduction of mandatory biometric data submission in 2025, Russian citizens have already been required to appear in person to submit documents. Now the process will become even less convenient due to the reduction in the number of application centers.
– The closure of visa centers creates additional difficulties for Russians planning trips to Cyprus. This is yet another example of the gradual narrowing of opportunities for Russian citizens to receive consular and visa services abroad following the onset of the full-scale war against Ukraine.
