The sanctions are supposed to prevent Russia from delivering oil to the EU. But apparently there is a way around them and Putin is taking advantage of it.
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Russian oil cannot be imported into the EU, according to Brussels sanctions 833/2014 and 269/2014. However, it seems that the Putin regime has found a way to send this raw material to Europe with the help of Turkey, an allied country.
How? By introducing Russian oil into the EU via third countries, who simply declare it “non-Russian”. This was revealed by a survey carried out by the Finnish Center for Energy and Air Pollution Research (CREA) and the Bulgarian think tank Center for the study of Democracy. .
There would be a loophole in EU rules that would be widely exploited. In total, three billion dollars worth of oil was reportedly shipped from three Turkish ports in the space of a year after the embargo took effect in 2023.
“Turkey has become a strategic stopover for Russian oil products diverted to the EU, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue for the Kremlin war chest”
Martin Vladimirov, Senior Energy Analyst at CSD
“Prevent circumvention”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proximity to Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin is anyway a thorn in the side for NATO countries and EU states. “We must strengthen our measures and find ways to prevent sanctions from being circumvented,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stressed to the European edition of the American newspaper Politico.
“Third countries, particularly our NATO allies like Turkey, should join our sanctions wherever possible”
Before the war, the report states that a quarter of EU crude oil came from Russia, just like 40% of diesel. After the attack on Ukraine, EU countries tried to dry up this Source of income for Russia. But at the same time, according to the study, Turkey began buying more oil from Russia – and delivering more to the EU.
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