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On 3 February 2011 Russia's IAC Aviation Register presented the Sukhoi Superjet 100 type certificate at a Moscow ceremony, after about 200 certification programmes and 2,594 flight hours on four prototypes.

Russia's Irkut MC-21-300 flew for the first time on 28 May 2017, a 30-minute flight to 3,280 feet with test pilots Oleg Kononenko and Roman Taskayev, nearly a year after its roll-out.

Rosaviatsia issued the Irkut MC-21-300 type certificate and a design-organisation certificate in late December 2021, four and a half years after the first flight; it covered the Pratt & Whitney-powered version only.

Ukraine's Security Service launched drones hidden in trucks against Russian strategic bomber bases as far as Siberia; Zelensky said 117 drones were used and reports citing the SBU said 41 bombers were hit, while Russia said several planes caught fire.

Donald Trump hosted Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for their first summit since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine; the talks ended without a ceasefire or any agreement being announced.

Russia and Belarus held their first Zapad joint strategic exercise since the invasion of Ukraine, which Putin said involved 100,000 troops at 41 ranges and included practice with nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile, as Poland shut its border with Belarus.

Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.

On 22 October 2025 the Treasury's OFAC blocked Rosneft and Lukoil and their subsidiaries under Executive Order 14024, the first major US sanctions on Russia of Donald Trump's second term, forcing Lukoil to sell about $22 billion of foreign assets.

Meeting virtually on 2 November 2025, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman agreed a small 137,000 barrel-a-day increase for December, then paused further increments for January to March 2026, citing seasonality.

The Kremlin said Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Donetsk region under siege for almost two years, and Vovchansk in Kharkiv; a NATO official said Russia held over 95% of Pokrovsk while Ukrainian pockets fought on.

Negotiators from the US, Ukraine and Russia met together for the first time since the full-scale invasion, in two days of UAE-hosted talks in Abu Dhabi that ended without agreement as Russia kept demanding the rest of Donetsk.

On 29 January 2026 Lukoil signed a non-exclusive agreement to sell LUKOIL International GmbH, its portfolio outside Russia worth about $22 billion, to the US investment firm Carlyle, subject to OFAC approval; Kazakhstan's assets are excluded.

From 22 March 2026 drone attacks on Russia's two big Baltic oil ports, Primorsk and Ust-Luga, suspended oil and fuel loadings; Reuters satellite analysis later showed Primorsk lost at least 40% of its storage, and the Kremlin called the strikes "terrorist attacks".

A Moscow court ordered the state seizure of Rusagro founder Vadim Moshkovich's assets, sweeping in a 24% stake in oils-and-fats company JSC Etalon held by LLC Profit, which Wilmar says it half-owns and has an option to take over.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired the Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, which commander Sergei Karakayev said was successful and would let the first Sarmat regiment go on combat duty at Uzhur by the end of 2026.

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman met virtually on 6 September 2026 and decided to keep September required production unchanged for October, pausing the monthly increases that followed the UAE departure.

Third Army Corps commander Andriy Biletskyi confirmed a counteroffensive north of Lyman, codenamed Vivaldi, saying its first phase cleared 75 square kilometres and several villages; a second phase announced on 20 September added about 40 more.

Russia's State Duma election runs over three days, September 18-20, 2026, its single voting day being the third Sunday of September. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket gave United Russia a 99.8% chance of winning the most seats, and its companion market had the party landing on 340-354 seats (43%) or 325-339 (34%).

Treasury's OFAC extended the license that lets Lukoil negotiate and sign conditional deals for LUKOIL International from 19 September to 22 October 2026, with the Carlyle agreement still awaiting separate approval.

Lukoil's Perm refinery, over 1,500 km from Ukraine and Russia's seventh largest, halted operations on 25 September 2026 after a Ukrainian drone attack set it on fire, Reuters reported, the fourth Russian refinery to stop in under a week.

Ukrainian drones struck the Ilsky oil refinery, a 6.6 million tonne-a-year plant in Krasnodar Krai, on the night of 26 September 2026, starting a fire; the General Staff confirmed the strike, which it described as exercising Ukraine's right of self-defense.

The seven remaining OPEC+ countries hold their next monthly meeting on 4 October 2026 to decide required production for November, with Brent above $100 and Hormuz still restricting Gulf exports.

On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's ladder on a ceasefire that takes effect and holds for ten straight days gave December 31, 2026 a 15% chance, and October 31 only 5%. Ukraine signing any written peace instrument with Russia before 2027 was at 11%, and Kalshi put a first in-person Putin-Zelenskyy meeting before 2027 at 7%.

Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.