Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said that Western countries are trying to use their monopoly position in the finance and insurance market to prevent the transportation of Russian oil by sea. He said this in an interview TASS.
“Western countries are trying to take advantage of their monopoly position in the financial and insurance market to prevent Russian oil from being transported by sea,” Pankin said.
According to him, the introduction of conditional restrictions at the moment does not have any significant economic consequences.
He also said in an interview that discrimination in pricing Russian hydrocarbons would lead to their supply being cut.
Previously reported About the arrest of the captain of the ship detained in Albania. According to Albanian law enforcement officials, the ship was carrying Russian oil, bypassing sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States.