Agathe Demarais
Geoeconomics @ecfr.eu • Visiting prof @collegeofeurope.bsky.social
Columnist @foreignpolicy.com • Author, Backfire @columbiaup.bsky.social • Advisor, French MFA
Global economy, trade wars, economic statecraft
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- Cash-strapped Kremlin is increasingly resorting to old nationalisation trick • Russia confiscated record US$41bn worth of property in 2025, four times the 2024 amount • High borrowing costs curb Moscow's ability to sell seized assets while also depressing prices www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Share of Russian oil shipments to undisclosed buyers is rising sharply • Many tankers are idling in India or Chinese waters in search of buyer among refineries • Data highlight growing impact of tighter US sanctions on Russian crude exports - and thus Russian oil income www.ft.com/content/ebf1...
