While Russian firms stand to benefit from looser export restrictions, the promised shipments may do little to bring down U.S. fuel prices.

Key Yandex services did not appear to be fully restored as of Friday evening, as the Kremlin sought to play down the attacks’ effects.

The decree expands on existing restrictions, which last year banned migrant patent holders — a temporary low-skilled work visa — from driving taxis and delivering food. 

Putin also admitted that Russian security services failed to anticipate attacks targeting commercial logistics hubs like Wildberries and Ozon.

The plant in Surgut lies around 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

“He writes that he is still in a cast and has about three more weeks to ‘walk’ around in it. Except he can’t walk,” journalist Gleb Yarovoy said.

The raid on Sokolov’s apartment was reportedly conducted as part of an ongoing criminal investigation opened earlier this spring.

Putin continues to demand that Kyiv cede full control of the Donetsk region as a prerequisite for any ceasefire agreement, a condition Ukraine rejects.

The Kremlin says the latest transfers represent a continued policy “trend” targeting countries that froze Russian reserves in Europe.

Russian strikes also left 370,000 residents in Ukraine’s northwestern Volyn region without electricity.