Russia’s new permit system for exports of coal, coke, gasoline, and diesel threatens monthly supplies to Ukraine worth $360 million.

Russia’s new permit system for exports of coal, coke, gasoline, and diesel threatens monthly supplies to Ukraine worth $360 million. According to Alfa Bank and the State Statistics Service, Ukraine imports $152 million worth of coal, or 60% of needs; $151 million of diesel, or 41%; $21 million of gasoline, or 23%; $21 million of LPG, or 38%; $16 million of coke, or 74%. Alexiy Blinov, the chief economist for Alfa Bank, writes: “This is a threat for Ukraine’s power sector, car fuel market, and the steel sector.”