Russia's icebreaker Trump card and diesel exports.
Berliner Zeitung (Germany). "Russia is the only country that uses nuclear-powered civilian vessels. Nuclear icebreakers are operated by the government corporation Rosatom. Without them, the Arctic route along the northern coast of Russia - the so-called Northern Sea Route - would be almost impassable in winter. The route between Europe and Asia along this route is significantly shorter than via the Suez Canal. Moscow plans to establish regular year-round shipping to the east starting in 2027. The world's only remaining cargo ship, the Swmorfoot, built in 1988, also belongs to Rosatom. However, the sanctions are delaying the development of the plans: the operation of the next icebreaker has been postponed until 2027. ".
Financial Times (UK). According to analysis firm Kepler, Russia exported 271,000 barrels of diesel per day in October, compared to 135,000 barrels the previous month. Supplies increased after the US pressured Ukraine to stop attacks on Russian refineries, and on October 9 the US president announced an agreement with Vladimir Putin to immediately increase fuel supplies to the US and other markets around the world. Although Russian diesel has yet to reach the US market - in part because supporters of Ukraine are trying to prevent tankers from delivering cargo - exports from Russia have indeed increased. The main destinations for this export became Brazil, Turkey and other countries.
Al Jazeera (Qatar). "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked a US early-warning radar station in Bahrain in retaliation for an airstrike on a communications tower in southern Iran. The announcement came hours after Iran's state news agency IRNA quoted official sources as saying the port city of Sirik in Hormuzgan province came under "enemy shelling" on Tuesday.