Also some speculation that one of the large explosions in Novorossiysk was a warehouse storing Kalibr cruise missiles being hit. (View Post)

I think the export capacity of the oil terminal is nearly 1 million barrels of oil per day. Almost 20% of Russia's maritime export capacity, or nearly 10% of their total production levels. That's a b… (View Post)

Not only did the Ukrainians hit the oil terminal in Novorossiysk (the explosion there was massive), and air defences there, but they also hit the Saratov oil refinery again and a fuel depot near the … (View Post)

I also think that we have this weird situation where the PM alone determines policy across the whole breadth of government, and so you have to change PM to change the political direction of a governm… (View Post)

I think the problem is that the role of PM has simply grown to be too big. It's a difficult job to succeed in. If the Cabinet was running the country (and not all jostling to take over as PM) then I … (View Post)