Russia is not selling crude under the price cap mechanism introduced by the G7 and EU in an effort to curtail Moscow’s energy revenues, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak stated on Tuesday.    Oil companies are complying with a presidential decree obliging Russian legal entities and individuals to avoid Western-mandated oil price limits in their…

Departing firms will need to contribute 15% of the value of their business sale to the country’s budget, the newspaper reports Western companies seeking to leave Russia and sell their assets in the country will soon be obliged to make a 15% contribution to the state budget, Izvestia reported on Tuesday, citing the Finance Ministry.

South Korea has warned that Pyongyang would see the “end of its regime” if it ever launched a nuclear strike, also declaring that Washington would come to its aid in the event of a conflict with the DPRK.