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#1 Norway Spy Chief Blames Russian Hackers for Dam Sabotage in April

Aug 14 2025 // Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the Nordic country’s counter-intelligence agency said on Wednesday, the first time Oslo has officially attributed the cyberattack...

#2 India’s Nayara Turns to Dark-Fleet Tankers and Russian Oil for Survival

Aug 21 2025 // One month after being hit by European Union sanctions, India’s Nayara Energy Ltd. is relying on a growing pool of dark-fleet tankers to transport its products, and a narrowing menu of crude imports to keep its...

#3 EU Considers Secondary Sanctions to Hit Russia’s War Effort

Aug 28 2025 // The European Union is mulling introducing secondary sanctions in an effort to prevent third countries from helping Russia circumvent the bloc’s existing punitive measures against Moscow, according to people familiar...

#4 Shadow Tanker Fleet Grows More Slowly as Western Sanctions Target Russian Oil

Aug 13 2025 // Dozens of tankers have joined the shadow fleet this year compared with hundreds in previous years as the harshest Western sanctions yet target Russia’s oil exports and add to the difficulty of finding suitable...