Fuel Market Shock: Russia has started importing gasoline again, with reports pointing to ~68,000 tons arriving from India and rail flows from Belarus and Kazakhstan—while Moscow reimposes fuel-sale limits as refinery outages and Ukrainian strikes keep pressure on supply. Belarus-Linked Logistics & Infrastructure: Minsk’s Svislach bridge near Victory Square is set to reopen by late August, and the state program “Roads of Belarus” plans cement-concrete pavement on key highways out of Minsk (Brest, Grodno, Maladzyechna/Narach, Slutsk/Mikashevichy) through 2030. Trade & Sanctions Transparency: Latvia has begun monthly publishing a “list of shame” style dataset of companies trading with Russia and Belarus, enabled by law changes tied to support for Ukraine. Industry & Business Links: Belarus and Afghanistan held a second joint economic and trade meeting in Minsk, discussing agriculture, dairy/food processing, fertilizer, and industrial machinery cooperation. Security-Industrial Context: Belarus hosted Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing, with Lukashenka pitching cooperation “from agriculture to the military-industrial complex.” Local Industry/Health Risk: Belpol’s investigation alleges bacteria were found in an Indian drug used in heart surgeries in Belarus, after multiple patient deaths in Brest.