The USA introduced new sanctions against Russian oil carriers

The USA imposed sanctions against three organizations and decided to block three vessels for the transportation of Russian oil contracted above the price limit set by the international coalition.

“Ensuring compliance with the price cap on Russian oil is a top priority for the United States and its coalition partners,” said U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo. stable global energy markets”.

The ships NS Champion, Viktor Bakaev and HS Atlantica, which were listed by the US Treasury Department as blocked assets, were carrying Russian oil contracted at a price of $70 per barrel, above the price limit set at $60 per barrel, according to the US government.

The owners of these vessels – companies from the UAE and Liberia – came under sanctions.

The price limit does not allow Western insurance companies and carriers to provide services for the supply of Russian oil if its price exceeds the limit of $60 per barrel.

In order to enforce the regime of restrictions on the trade of Russian oil, the US began to introduce sanctions against the so-called “shadow fleet”, which Russia uses for such supplies to bypass the Western system of transportation and insurance.

Last month, the US Treasury blocked Kazan, Ligovsky Prospect and NS Century, whose owners are registered in the UAE. The companies that own these ships have come under US sanctions for servicing Russian maritime transport.

The State Department hopes that Russia’s income from oil and gas will be halved by 2030, and the sanctions will remain in effect for years to come.

“We’re going to have to provide that for years to come as long as Putin insists on this war,” US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Jeffrey Payette said in an interview with the Financial Times.

He added: “the purpose of the sanctions is to change Russia’s behavior and ensure that Putin cannot, in the event of peace … use three to four years to rearm and prepare his military for the third stage of the invasion of Ukraine.”

Corresponding forecasts regarding the decrease in Russia’s income from energy resources were previously voiced by the International Energy Agency.