https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-05/russia-s-giant-vostok-oil-loads-first-crude-on-arctic-tanker
"Vostok Oil" reaches the sea On Saturday, September 5, President Vladimir #Putin authorized via video link the start of shipments of the first batch of oil from the Vostok Oil project to the Arctic tanker "Valentin Pikul" of reinforced ice class Arc7 — Rosneft head Igor Sechin reported the completion of work and personally requested permission from the president to begin loading at a