The new sanctions package against the Russian oil and gas sector is an attempt by the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden to leave a difficult legacy to US leader-elect Donald Trump. This is the opinion in the broadcast Tsargrad.tv said Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund and an expert at the Financial University.
According to him, Democrats are doing everything to ensure that Republicans solve more problems, tensions between Russia and the West increase, and it becomes more difficult to reach an agreement.
The expert added that stopping gas transit through Ukraine is also an element of the US Democratic Party’s strategy to increase the degree of conflict.
January 10 USA introduced Large-scale sanctions against the Russian oil and gas sector. The new package included blocking restrictions on the largest vertically integrated oil companies for the first time. In particular, Gazprom Neft, Surgutneftegaz and their subsidiaries were subject to restrictions. on the sanctions list It turned out to be In addition to hydrocarbon transportation from the Russian Federation, there are approximately 100 ships affiliated with Sovcomflot and Gazprom Neft.
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