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Russia’s fuel crisis | The Bell

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Hello! This week we discuss Russia’s fuel crisis, triggered by Ukraine’s increasingly successful attacks on Russian oil refineries and supply routes across occupied territory. Ukraine hits Russia at the pumps For the second year running, Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, energy infrastructure and logistics routes have triggered

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Russia in the cold in the new Moon race | The Bell

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Hello! After the success of NASA’s Artemis II lunar flyby mission, The Bell looks at how the Soviet Union lost the Cold War space race, and why Moscow is barely even a player in the modern race to the moon. NASA’s moon success an embarrassing reminder of Russia’

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