Russia has problems with oil exports after tightening US sanctions - Bloomberg
Oil flows to Russia could face disruptions after the US tightened sanctions against traders and shipping companies carrying Russian oil.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Bloomberg.
Over the past month, a total of 14 tankers carrying oil to India have either stopped, turned around, or disabled the equipment that tells digital tracking systems about their location, it said.
The US is trying to find a fine line between limiting Russia's access to petrodollars and at the same time maintaining supplies.
11 million barrels of oil are on board 14 carriers identified by the Bloomberg agency. They were all due to go to India, where the government said this month it had cut Russian imports because prices were not low enough.
New Delhi denied rumors about logistical difficulties with payment to Russia. Most of them are Sokil, which is exported from the east of the country, but some Urals shipments are also delayed.
Signs of possible trouble emerged just weeks after the US Treasury Department imposed the most extensive sanctions against Russian oil traders and the state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot since the war against Ukraine began.
At the same time, Russia is increasingly using clandestine traders and a huge fleet of vessels with an unknown owner and insurance to bypass the price limit of the "Big Seven", which was supposed to harm the Russian Federation.
Bloomberg adds that some of the 14 ships have, after all, lost their signal, meaning they may just be secretly delivering cargo. However, since the war against Ukraine began, it has been unusual to see tankers involved in the Russian oil trade doing this.
