On January 10, 2025, the administration of American President Joe Biden, who will soon leave office, introduced large-scale sanctions against the oil sector of the Russian Federation, in particular the companies Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, as well as against the largest Russian shipping company Sovcomflot..
As a result, 183 tankers flying the flags of different countries that transport Russian oil and petroleum products were placed under sanctions restrictions, violating previous restrictions. Our publication has already focused on the importance and effectiveness of such sanctions, especially before the arrival of the new President Donald Trump in the White House. Now the Western press is already writing about “significant difficulties” that have begun to arise with the export of Russian oil, including to India and partly to China.