Russia itself controls the supply chain to the final buyer.
MOSCOW, 30 January. /TASS/. After the introduction of price ceilings for oil and oil products, Russia can independently control the oil supply chain to buyers – from production to capturing supplies to consumers. This was told to TASS by the head of the Center for Analysis of Strategy and Technologies for the Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas. Gubkin Vyacheslav Mishchenko.
On Monday, the governments of the Russian Federation, by and large the Russian company – the exporter of oil and final petroleum products, should rule out preventing price restrictions along the entire chain to the consumer.
Mishchenko that the measures taken by Russia to resist successfully stop restrictions and redirect logistics flows to other markets. “Russia needs to be actively engaged in reformatting the flow of energy resources, supply chains, and financial resources.
“The Mishustin government shows what real sentences should look like, and not those easy “strokes” of the West,” added Marat Bashirov, professor at the Higher School of Economics, commenting on the decision.
“In the case of using a “limited price” in contracts, the FCS will prohibit such deliveries. .
About the price ceiling
Mishchenko believes that the very idea of introducing price approaches to the development of the economy. He added that “The decision to impose a limit on the occurrence of oil destruction created by the global market model. The imposition of a price ceiling by a non-market, illegal mechanism.
According to him, in the future Europe due to these restrictive measures may face an aggravation of the shortage of energy resources, which is reflected at the industrial level, the expert believes.
December 5, 2022 is expected due to the embargo on the supply of oil to Russia by sea. The EU countries are also agreeing on a regulated ceiling on the price of Russian oil shipped by sea at $60 per barrel. About a similar decision in the G7 country and Australia.
In late December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures against the imposition of a Western price ceiling on Russian oil, banning its supply to buyers who joined this restriction since February. The document comes into force on February 1, 2023 and is valid until July 1, 2023. The ban on this offer, established by the petroleum product law, will be observed from February 1, and the ban on the supply of petroleum products – “with a restriction determined by the restriction of the Russian Federation. .