The commercial and supplies war that Europe pounds against Russia continues more in force than ever. And, the main challenge for Brussels is to reduce the price of Russian oil exports as much as possible. However, Dimitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian government, said this could cause great instability in worldwide energy markets.
These statements made them after consulting the latest reports of the European Commission, which was noted that Brussels was reviewing the current price established by EU sanctions to Moscow.
“These actions, without a doubt, do not contribute to the stabilization of international energy and oil markets “, Peskov said during this week after knowing that the European agency will meet soon to implement new sanctions against Russia.
Some of the measures studied Brussels would be destined to reduce the price of Russian oil 60 to 45 dollars per barrelas well as the prohibition of Nord Stream gas pipelines for the next few years. It would also include prohibitions related to fuel imports from Russia and the inclusion of a ‘blacklist’ of 77 ships that, as explained by the EU, could be used by Moscow to avoid sanctions. The only problem that It could face union is to achieve the unanimity of the 27 member states.
Given this situation, Peskov said that Kremlin closely follows EU’s actions in this regard, and said Russia will respond as it is convenient to protect its interests. In this regard, he stressed that Russia has been “illegal” and They already have a “very useful experience” to minimize “negative consequences.”
All this dates back to December 2022, when the EU, next to the G7 and Australia, imposed a limit of $ 60 on the barrel of US oil and prohibited shipping companies and insurers from managing shipments to exceed this limit, with the aim of minimizing the Russian economic benefits.
However, Russia rejected from the beginning these western restrictions on the argument that they were measures that distort Market mechanisms and threatens investment in the world energy sector.
