Iran rations euros as fights break out at foreign-exchange offices amid rial's plunge to record lows

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FILE PHOTO: Iranian rial currency notes are seen at a market in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf

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Putin took a swipe at oligarchs who have fled abroad, while asking them to come back and invest in Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.

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North Korea and Russia are ramping up trade in oil, coal and weapons as Ukraine war sanctions send Moscow to pariah state

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Russia could finance a reported weapons purchase from North Korea with oil, experts speculate

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Russian oil revenue has been hurt by effective EU price caps even as Moscow has been resilient with exports, says IEA

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller attend a ceremony to mark the launch of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok natural gas pipeline, September 8, 2011 in Vladivostok, Russia.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Europe is now stuck with a huge stockpile of natural gas after hoarding it last year for a brutal winter that never came

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Europe is now looking at its highest natural-gas stockpiles in years.

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Russia is slashing its oil output by 5% in retaliation to Western sanctions — but it also likely that it is struggling to find buyers in the first place

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Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the EU's price cap on Russian crude, calling it "stupid."

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A federal judge accused Facebook of 'gaslighting' users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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The Iranian armada of 'ghost' ships carrying Russian oil is growing, evading the intensifying Western sanctions on Moscow crude

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Oil and gas tankers are anchored off the Marseille harbour, southeastern France, October 27, 2010.

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A top oil analyst explains Europe’s new fuel sanctions on Russia and how that impacts global energy markets

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Good morning. I'm Phil Rosen. 

My favorite part of this job is getting the opportunity to speak to interesting, smart people — especially when I get to share their insights here in this newsletter. 

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Today, I'm sharing my conversation with Matt Smith of commodities analytics firm, Kpler. 

Here's why Europe's new Russian fuel sanctions won't cripple Moscow

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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