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March 24, 2023 at 2:48 pm

Russian Oil Finds ‘Wide Open’ Back Door to Europe…

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by Gabriel Gavin at Politico

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has declared Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and gas “history.”

But others, from senior Ukrainian officials to MEPs and industry insiders, say that chapter of history is still being written.

Significant quantities of Russian hydrocarbons, particularly oil, are still flowing around sanctions and into the European market, they say, earning payments that fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

“I had a friend in New York in the 1990s who complained cockroaches would get into his apartment through any available hole — that’s what Russia is doing with its energy,” Oleg Ustenko, economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told POLITICO. “We have to fix these holes to stop Russia receiving this blood money they are using to finance the military machine that is destroying our country and killing our people.”

Crude oil is notoriously difficult to track on global markets. It can easily be mixed or blended with other shipments in transit countries, effectively creating a larger batch of oil whose origins can’t be determined. The refining process, necessary for any practical application, also removes all traces of the feedstock’s origin.

A complex network of shipping companies,…

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