Western media: There were countries that would gladly buy Russian oil

April 12 2022 15

Despite the sanctions, Russia will find where to put its energy, foreign media write. Buyers of raw materials are located at the other end of Eurasia.

In particular, this topic is promoted by the English-language Bloomberg. The publication complains that the Russian economy turned out to be stronger than Western leaders thought, and the Russian Federation is now selling energy to Asia.

Russian oil, which usually ends up in refineries in Europe or the US, is now being sent to countries where buyers get it at a significant discount, especially India. Tankers from the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga began heading to this country in March, following earlier shipments from the same places that went to China.

Approximately in the same vein, the German DW (recognized as a foreign agent) argues. The agency pointed to the fact that "China remained the largest non-European buyer of oil from Russia - 38% of its total exports to Asia and Oceania in 2021."

According to the resource, the goal of Moscow is a significant increase in sales to India. The country of 1,38 billion people is the world's third largest oil consumer, most of which came from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In 2021, Russia accounted for just 2% of Indian oil imports. But now it's different.

India, which has never condemned the Russian Federation, sharply increased its purchases of Russian oil in March and April. With many Western countries now shunning the raw material, Indian refiners are looking to buy it at significantly reduced prices.

However, it is unclear, writes DW, how further Western sanctions will affect Russia's ability to buy equipment and Technologyrequired for oil production.

They also touched on LNG sales. Here Russia has established close ties with Pakistan. The Russian Federation has agreed to build Pakistan Stream, a $2 billion (€1,8 billion) pipeline that will pump LNG from the southern port city of Karachi to the north of the South Asian nation.

Under pressure from the United States to abandon Russian oil, India has defended its right to negotiate better deals to meet its energy needs, writes the local newspaper Business Standard.

New Delhi pointed to Europe's growing purchases of Russian resources, which continue despite the Ukrainian crisis.

India's imports of Russian oil in the first half of the month average about 360 barrels a day, the newspaper reports.

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Bulanov

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April 12 2022 13: 51

Russian oil, which usually ends up in refineries in Europe or the US, is now being sent to countries where buyers get it at a significant discount, especially India.

This means that Indian and Chinese products will be cheaper, while European ones will remain in warehouses due to the high cost. Then in the EU factories will be closed due to unprofitability and workers will be laid off. The social network will sag and food stamps will appear. Food riots and government changes will follow.
zzdimk

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April 13 2022 14: 52

China is temporarily oversaturated with Russian oil, but India ... Here it will be accepted with joy. With a discount - especially. Pakistan will not refuse either.
1. IgorNikolaevich
  
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  April 13 2022 14: 59
  
  India refused oil from the Russian Federation.
zzdimk

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April 13 2022 15: 05

Quote: Igor Nikolaevich
India refused oil from the Russian Federation.

Officially. How bae.
Unofficially - cooperation with the Russian Federation in terms of weapons and developments.
1. clidon
  
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  April 13 2022 17: 16
  
  Unofficially, they remember who our older brother is.
  1. 123
    
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    April 13 2022 22: 53
    
    Unofficially, they remember who our older brother is.
    
    And who is your older brother? Isn't Tambovsky a wolf?
    1. clidon
      
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      April 16 2022 09: 30
      
      No. The Tambov wolf is your friend and brother. And for our country (I’ll clarify that Russia, otherwise you’ll start fooling around with misunderstanding) China, of course.
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        April 16 2022 11: 18
        
        No. The Tambov wolf is your friend and brother. And for our country (I’ll clarify that Russia, otherwise you’ll start fooling around with misunderstanding) China, of course.
        
        Of course, you will forgive me, I didn’t try to slide into personal insults, but in my opinion the public trying to find an older brother for us, perhaps without realizing it, calls for the enslavement of the country. And it does not matter who they see as the older brother of the United States or China. The essence of this does not change. Therefore, I rank them among the relatives of a gray flocking predator that eats up a horse in a ravine near Tambov.
        Why is China our big brother?
        
        clidon
        
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        April 16 2022 12: 58
        
        In our country, it is not calls that decide, but a couple of people at the top. And in the current reality, we had to choose between two superpowers - we chose the Chinese.
        
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        April 16 2022 17: 29
        
        In our country, it is not calls that decide, but a couple of people at the top.
        
        In my opinion, the majority of the population is satisfied with this. Or not? Well, nominate other candidates.
        
        And in the current reality, we had to choose between two superpowers - we chose the Chinese.
        
        You are talking about some kind of parallel reality. There is no place for a strong and independent Russia in it. You will not believe, you can live differently. Russia does not aspire to be someone's older brother and does not look for a patron. She is for equal cooperation.
        And the eternal search for a "strong shoulder" is a direct inferiority complex, a sense of being secondary or something ...
        Who are you who chose the Chinese?
        
        clidon
        
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        April 16 2022 21: 16
        
        You still tell me about democracy. ))
        
        Strong Russia (at the moment) with the tenth resource-based economy in the world, this is not a country that can speak with the superpowers on an equal footing. As if such a strong country would not like it.
        
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        April 16 2022 23: 28
        
        You still tell me about democracy. ))
        
        What for? What don't you know about her?
        
        Strong Russia (at the moment) with the tenth resource-based economy in the world, this is not a country that can speak with the superpowers on an equal footing. As if such a strong country would not like it.
        
        Why is it suddenly from the tenth? From the sixth in general. GDP should be compared by PPP. If you are a supporter of comparing at face value, then recalculate after the change in the dollar exchange rate. Or do it easier, as they did in the USSR. Cancel the conversion, say proudly that the exchange rate is 60 kopecks per dollar and that's it, we are world leaders
        As for raw materials, this is still an exaggeration, and, as recent events show, when there is raw material it is wonderful, when it is not there it is bad. Production in Russia has been growing for the last 20 years. Does this not suit you? Do you prefer the growth of numbers, as, for example, in Germany? There, production has not been growing for a long time, moreover, it is declining, while GDP is growing. All through increased debt and the printing press. Do you want such happiness for us? In general, they should be grateful that the country is being raised from the ruins. And then some figures with party cards at the heart of the country polymerized, almost half of the territories and population remained abroad.
        And you still haven't answered the question. Who are you who chose the Chinese as your elder brother?
        
        clidon
        
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        April 17 2022 19: 40
        
        The fact of the matter is that I live in Russia and I know. On the other hand, the DPRK also has a multi-party system and elections. We are not the first. )
        
        Even if according to PPP and in any way through anything, we are 5 times behind the leaders. And all who stand before us (with the exception of a couple of superpowers) do not suffer from special equality.
        You can talk as much as you like about how we are growing (and this growth has not only slowed down, but is generally vague in the future), but I assess the situation here and now.
        
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        April 18 2022 09: 40
        
        The fact of the matter is that I live in Russia and I know. On the other hand, the DPRK also has a multi-party system and elections. We are not the first.
        
        As I understand it, you are unhappy and compare us with the DPRK? Do you need more parties? Well, I'll tell you a secret, there are still more of them than during the reign of Her Majesty the CPSU. What is the essence of the claims? Or should Putin or Medvedev somehow compensate for their political impotence, nurture them to such a state that the United Russia would be equal in terms of influence? Well, I'm going to disappoint you. Our ruling parties are traditionally more massive, this is simply explained, a decent proportion of those who "joined" do this for career reasons, and as a rule, there are more people who want to join the winners than those who want to develop everything from scratch in the opposition. For you, then surely the American system is ideal, where 2 parties take turns transferring power to each other, simulating election? Or German "gauleiterism" where there are simply no direct elections. And the European Union suits you all? Who appoints officials there and how do you know?
        
        Even if according to PPP and in any way through anything, we are 5 times behind the leaders. And all who stand before us (with the exception of a couple of superpowers) do not suffer from special equality.
        
        What did you expect? For almost a century, the United States has saddled the global financial system and the money is a river, and for now, hold on to this. China and India are stupidly much larger than us in terms of population; roughly speaking, it will not be easy to equal our 150 million. If you notice, Japan is also well behind the top three. As far as I remember, we almost caught up with Germany, the fact is that production there has been falling for a long time, ours is growing, all their economic growth is due to an increase in debt and the printing press. We will surely see a change in the situation soon.
        Perhaps if the fiery Leninists had not polymerized the country, the situation would have been somewhat different, and so they distributed almost half of the country and are surprised at something, we demand records.
        
        You can talk as much as you like about how we are growing (and this growth has not only slowed down, but is generally vague in the future), but I assess the situation here and now.
        
        We can say that we are growing and this is true, even you cannot deny it, we can only talk about slowing down. The reason is largely in the "partners" interfere as best they can. If you think the prospects are vague, it turns out you believe that they will succeed, we don’t. You don't evaluate the situation, you just whine.
Yuri V.A

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April 17 2022 04: 14

Of course, there will be buyers for Russian oil, which dunce will refuse if you offer it for a third of the market price