In February 2023, Japan purchased a small amount of oil from Russia, excluding supplies from the Sakhalin-2 project, at an average price of $68.5 per barrel, higher than the price cap set by Tokyo and other provinces for Russian oil. . It has been reported TASSReferring to their calculations based on statistics published on March 16 by the Japanese Ministry of Finance.
In February, it was noted that Tokyo bought 37,000 kiloliters of oil (about 232,700 barrels) from Moscow. The total value of the imports amounted to $15,945 million, meaning that the cost of a barrel from this batch was $68.52, exceeding the ceiling price set by the G7 countries of $60 per barrel.
Previously, Bloomberg reported that Estonia, Lithuania and Poland suggested Lower the price cap for oil from Russia from $60 to $51.45 per barrel.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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