The U.S. has invited Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami, as Washington explores steps to reduce fighting in Ukraine. Marco Rubio said a Trump-Putin meeting is possible, but no talks have been agreed. #Russia#Ukraine#G20#Geopolitics
Russia has begun commercial crude exports from Rosneft's Vostok Oil project, with shipments leaving its new Arctic terminal. Initial exports are expected near 150,000 bpd, far below the 2 million bpd once envisioned. #Russia#Oil#Arctic#Rosneft
India's Russian crude imports fell 16.5% in August to about 2.1 million bpd and could slip to 1.9 million bpd in September. The decline comes as a new U.S. law raises the potential cost of buying Russian energy. #Oil#India#Russia#Sanctions
Hungary is asking Washington for tariff relief while it reduces reliance on Russian energy. A new U.S. law allows tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil and gas that make new purchases. #Hungary#Russia#Oil#Sanctions
Kazakhstan plans to sharply increase Russian gas imports, targeting about 11 bcm this year as domestic demand rises. But new U.S. sanctions could complicate the strategy and raise the cost of relying on Gazprom. #Kazakhstan#Russia#NaturalGas
