Situation Reports

The United States announced new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies, and several of their subsidiaries as part of efforts to pressure Moscow to end its war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 22.

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally oversaw Russia's large-scale annual readiness test of its strategic nuclear triad, involving land, sea and air-based launches, Reuters reported on Oct. 22.

Russia's military leadership proposed a new law that would allow volunteer reservists to help protect energy plants, railways and other vital infrastructure within their home regions from Ukrainian drone attacks, Interfax reported on Oct. 22.

South Korea detected at 8:10 a.m. that North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles from Junghwa south of Pyongyang, Yonhap News Agency reported on Oct. 22.

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is compiling a list of purchase pledges, including of U.S. pickup trucks, natural gas and soybeans, to deliver to U.S. President Donald Trump when he visits Japan on Oct. 27-28, according to Reuters sources on Oct. 22.

According to an exclusive report, Cameroon's incumbent President Paul Biya reportedly offered the position of prime minister to his main political rival, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a former long-term ally, Jeune Afrique reported on Oct. 21.

The U.S. Trump administration is supporting Cove Kaz Capital Group's bid to develop two of Kazakhstan's largest tungsten deposits, facilitating negotiations with the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and exploring financing through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Export-Import Bank, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 21.

Bogota's Superior Court revoked former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's convictions for fraud and bribery over an alleged witness tampering case, El Colombiano reported on Oct. 21.

Tens of thousands of people protested in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes the same day that shops, businesses, schools and markets closed for a general strike to protest pollution and health concerns in the city due to a polluting CGT phosphate plant, Reuters reported on Oct. 21.

The United States and Qatar urged the European Union to withdraw or substantially amend its planned Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), arguing it would otherwise complicate liquefied natural gas exports from both countries to the bloc, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 22, citing a joint letter.