(French Xindian in Washington) After the upper limit of price limit for Russia's crude oil six months ago in Western countries, Moscow's oil income has dropped by 50%.
In order to weaken the Russian government's ability to provide funds for the Ukrainian war, the Seven Kingdoms (G7), the European Union and Australia set up the upper limit of $ 60 per barrel of $ 60 per barrel on Russian crude oil in December 2022.
Aderamo, Deputy Treasury Secretary of the United States on Thursday (June 15) in Washington, said that although Russia's crude oil exports increased by the beginning of the war from the beginning of the war, the actual revenue was greatly significantThe decrease is because the current price of Russian crude oil is about 25%lower than the market price.
Due to relatively low prices, Asia -Pacific countries such as India and China have purchased a large amount of crude oil from Russia. Therefore, the international market share of Russian crude oil has not changed substantially.
A US financial officials who do not want to be named said that there are several tools in the United States to measure the price of Russia's oil, including observing the price of Russian exporters to determine the level of Russia's official crude oil income.He added that there is no plan to cancel the upper limit of the price.
Adegemo said that in order to counter the western price limited sanctions, Russian officials are considering setting the bottom line for the loss of oil income, and no longer levy tax on the price of crude oil futures based on the Russian flagship export.Calculating taxes for "revision of the global benchmark Brent crude oil" to increase government income.
Adegemo said that in addition to restricting Russia's crude oil prices, Western sanctions also made it difficult for the Russian government to replace more than 10,000 military equipment lost on the Ukrainian battlefield.
