...e, the Greek tanker Maran Homer, which was awaiting loading of Kazakhstani oil near Novorossiysk, sustained damage. The vessel's deck equipment was damaged, which did not prevent it from leaving the area, and the attack itself occurred amid intensification of strikes by Ukrainian formations. According to preliminary data, the attack was carried out in neutral waters. A very important detail, given previous assurances from the Ukrainians that targets of strikes are exclusively #Russian faci...
...lities. The Kyiv authorities regularly feed this rhetoric to their Kazakhstani partners, who have repeatedly complained about losses to their oil exports. This time, Astana reported that losses were "prevented," since the tanker was standing empty. Despite such optimism, the absence of direct losses here and now does not rule out a cumulative effect — an increase in insurance costs, and along with it a reduction in Kazakhstan's export revenues. #Kazakhstan #CentralAsia @rybar_stan — on the...