Oil ban exposes US ‘hypocrisy’ - Moscow
The supply of Russian crude to the US has almost doubled despite Washington’s claims of giving up on it, the parliament speaker says.
The US has revealed its “hypocrisy” by announcing a ban on Russian oil, while continuing to purchase it in large quantities, Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian State Duma speaker said. The US moved to restrict all imports of Russian crude oil, some petroleum products, liquefied natural gas and coal in early March as part of sanctions imposed on Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine.
“Russian oil will no longer be accepted at US ports,” US President Joe Biden vowed back then. But the statement wasn’t backed by action, Volodin pointed out in a post on Telegram on Wednesday. The data from the US Department of Energy suggests that “oil deliveries from Russia almost doubled in March compared to February - from 2,325 to 4,218 million barrels, respectively,” the parliament speaker wrote.