On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the new US sanctions on Moscow's energy sector, describing them as an attempt to harm Economy of Russia At the risk of destabilizing global markets, he said the country would go ahead with major oil and gas projects.
A ministry statement also said that Russia would respond to Washington's “hostile” actions that it announced on Friday while drawing up its foreign policy strategy.
The statement said that the measures amount to “an attempt to cause at least some damage to the Russian economy, even at the expense of the risk of destabilizing global markets as the end of President Joe Biden's ill-fated term in power approaches.”
Steam rises from smokestacks at Gazprom Neft's oil refinery in Omsk, Russia. (Reuters/Alexey Malgavko)
Despite the cramps In the White House And the machinations of the anti-Russian lobby in the West, which is trying to drag the global energy sector into the “hybrid war” launched by the United States against Russia. Our country was and remains a major and reliable player in the global fuel market.
These measures constitute the largest US sanctions package to date targeting Russian oil and gas revenues, and are part of measures aimed at giving Kiev and the next administration power. Donald Trump To reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
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The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgut Neftegaz, which explore, produce and sell oil, in addition to 183 ships that shipped Russian oil, many of which are in the so-called shadow fleet of old tankers operated by non-Western companies. .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the measures would “deal a strong blow” to Moscow. “The less Russia receives from oil… the faster peace will be restored,” he said.
