USA’s fierce attack against the Kremli: Awakening the number on display – is Trump’s next game movement?

As a US President Donald Trump seems to believe that the economy is Russian and Vladimir Putin weak point and, intends to hit it through energy, writes an energy expert Aura sabadus incubator Atlantic Council in his comment.

Receding president Joe Biden Lastly, the sanctions against Russia so far stambled his hardest. They struck particularly hard Two oil giants, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas. Washington your order too sanctions for ships used to transport Russian oil.

India has already been reported to prevent the tankers from the sanctions list from entering the country. China has also begun to prevent entry.

German researcher Janis Kluge has assessedthat Russian oil export currency income is cut off as a result of US sanctions of $ 10-20 billion a year, and in total, the sanctions are estimated to cut $ 1 % of GDP, or about $ 24 billion.

According to Kluge, the United States struck the most heavily on Russia’s most profitable export routes, and he describes sanctions as a “change of paradigm”. However, the blow is not – yet – still – decisive for the Russian economy, he believes.

But Russia’s energy concerns will not end there, Sabadus states: gas deliveries through Ukraine to Europe ended at the turn of the year. At the same time, the Trump administration is growing LNG deliveries from the United States to Europe, which also harms Russia.

Sabadus believes that Trump could also use Russian oil deliveries through Ukraine. Russian oil is still flowing into Europe and EU countries along the Družba tube, although Ukraine first announced that it would prohibit the transport of Russian oil. A detour solution was turned, and the current of Russian oil continues to Europe.

Energy policy professor Kari Liuhto is amazed at the solution In an interview with the New Finland.

Sabadus highlights the fact that Ukraine is in the process of prohibiting transit transport of Russian oil in Ukraine. Trump could urge the Ukrainian administration to promote the issue and thus put pressure on Vladimir Putin, Sabadus writes. It is about $ 6 billion earnings annually to Russia.