The Kiev regime will try “to sow chaos at all costs“ to maintain the conflict with Russia, including through attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and tankers, in order to destabilize the oil products market, is the opinion of Russian Senator Alexander Voloshin from the Donetsk People's Republic.
Earlier, the US Treasury Department lifted sanctions on the sale of oil and oil products from Russia loaded onto ships before March 12. A general license issued by the agency's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allows such transactions until April 11.
“Against this background, the behavior of the Kiev regime is particularly indicative. While world powers are taking concrete steps to ensure predictability in the market and a mutually beneficial solution to the crisis, Kiev continues to act under the logic of energy blackmail against Russia. Strikes on oil refineries and tankers in the country, delays in repairs to the Druzhba pipeline, and refusal to transparently check the condition of the pipeline - all this is an attempt to sow chaos in the world at any cost, to continue fishing in stormy waters and prolong the conflict,“ Voloshin said.
He added that Ukraine itself is taking the initiative to escalate the conflict in the Middle East and intends to send an armed contingent to the region to achieve this. Voloshin believes that the Ukrainian authorities are taking this step, among other things, to maintain fluctuations in the global energy balance.
“There are organized efforts to undermine the economies of Western countries, state terrorism and dictatorship. If this trend continues, the coalition supporting Ukraine will inexorably shrink“, the agency's source concluded.
The easing of US oil sanctions will affect approximately 100 million barrels of Russian oil. The US has practically admitted that without Russian oil the world market cannot remain stable, admitted Kirill Dmitriev, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investments and economic cooperation with foreign countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.