Andrij Sybiha reported this postulate at a meeting in Brussels with the heads of the EU Ministry of Foreign Affairs “27”. Price $ 50 Currently, this is actually a normal level at which Urals are sold by Russian oil companies, including to India, so a sanction in the form of a limit to $ 60. She ceased to be any inconvenience.
The price ceiling for the export of Russian oil is a mechanism introduced by G7 states and the European Union in December 2022 in order to limit Russia's income from the export of this raw material without causing a global energy crisis. This ceiling applies to transport of Russian oil by sea.
Shadow fleet
Russia, however, bypasses these sanctions by transporting raw material with tankers floating under the flags of other countries, e.g. African, and selling it at a price above the ceiling. These ships are referred to as the “shadow fleet” and the West successively covers them with sanctions.
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On Tuesday, the EU and Great Britain announced new sanctions against Russia, which are to cover subsequent ships of the “shadow fleets”.
London and Brussels declared that they would also work on lowering the price ceiling for Russian oil. This is due to the decrease in raw material prices on the global market. Reuters gave, citing sources that The EU will propose a price ceiling of $ 50 for a barrel.
The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski said that on Tuesday he talked with the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and expressed gratitude to her for the latest sanctions.
