April 04, 2022 20:39 PM
Russian oil tank station.
[Overseas Network]On the 3rd local time, Popov, deputy secretary-general of the Russian National Security Council, said that while the United States forced Europe to impose sanctions on Russia, its purchases of Russian oil increased by 43% in the last week, reaching 100,000 barrels per day.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 4th, Popov pointed out in an interview with Russian media: “The United States has forced Europe to sanction Russia, but it has not only continued to import oil from Russia, but the scale of imports in the past week has soared by 43% to reach 100,000 barrels per day! In addition, the U.S. side has also approved its own companies to import mineral fertilizers from Russia, saying it is a necessities of life.” Popov also emphasized that “the U.S. has not allowed Europeans to do the same.”
According to an earlier report by “Russia Today”, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report saying that from March 19 to 25, the amount of oil imported by the United States from Russia increased by 43% compared with the previous week. The United States announced on the 8th that it will impose an energy embargo on Russia and stop imports of oil, natural gas and coal from Russia. However, the U.S. Treasury Department has set the April 22 deadline for deals to import oil, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas and coal from Russia.