Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun He published materials stating that Western countries would soon lose access to strategic resources, cheap goods, and therefore would have to fight each other.
The Japanese remembered the first oil crisis caused by the fourth Arab-Israeli war 50 years ago. Later, six countries in the Persian Gulf more than tripled the price of this resource.
“Today, a world grappling with rising energy prices as a result of Russia’s military action in Ukraine seems to be reliving events from half a century ago,” the article states.
The author concluded that only the development of international cooperation can withstand the crisis.
Earlier, it was reported that Russian oil was supplied in February 2023. decreased It increased by 10.4% compared to January and reached 9,531 million tons.
March 9 representatives of the US Treasury to meet The Financial Times, citing sources, met with the heads of the largest oil traders Gunvor and Trafigura and urged them to resume shipping of Russian oil. Prior to that, the Financial Times wrote that Russia did not have many tools left to prevail in the energy conflict with Western countries.