Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday described new US sanctions against Moscow’s energy sector as an attempt to undermine it. Economy of Russia at the risk of destabilizing global markets and said the country would pursue major oil and gas projects.
A ministry statement also said Russia would respond to Washington’s “hostile” actions, which it announced Friday as it prepared its foreign policy strategy.
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The statement said the moves amounted to “an attempt to do at least some damage to the Russian economy, even at the cost of risking destabilizing global markets as President Joe Biden’s disgraceful tenure in office comes to an end.” Coming closer.”
“Despite the yearnings In the White House And the conspiracies of the Russophobic lobby in the West, which is trying to drag the global energy sector into a ‘hybrid war’ launched by the US against Russia, our country an important and reliable player in the global fuel market. Has been and still is.”
The measures are the broadest U.S. sanctions package yet to target Russia’s oil and gas revenues, part of a series of moves to give Kiev and its incoming administration a leg up. Donald Trump Leverage to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
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The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, which explore, produce and sell oil, as well as 183 vessels carrying Russian oil, many of them aging tankers operated by non-Western companies. are included in the so-called shadow fleet. .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the moves would deal “a significant blow” to Moscow. He said that the less Russia earns from oil… the sooner peace will be restored.