Report: Russia earns $98 billion from fuel exports in 100 days of Ukraine war
June 13, 2022, 9:05 am

Report: Russia earns $98 billion from fuel exports in 100 days of Ukraine war

A worker at an oil field owned by Bashneft, Bashkortostan, Russia, January 28, 2015. (Reuters)

A research published Monday (June 13), Russia earned 93 billion euros ($98 billion) from fossil fuel exports during the first 100 days of its war in Ukraine, with most sent to the European Union.

The report from the independent, Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) comes as Kyiv urges the West to sever all trade with Russia in the hopes of cutting off the Kremlin’s financial lifeline.

Earlier this month, the EU agreed to halt most Russian oil imports, on which the continent is heavily dependent. Though the bloc aims to reduce gas shipments by two-thirds this year, an embargo is not in the cards at present.

According to the report, the EU took 61 % of Russia’s fossil fuel exports during the war’s first 100 days, worth about 57 billion euros ($60 billion).

According to a report, Russia earns $98 billion from fuel exports in 100 days of Ukraine war

The top importers were China at 12.6 billion euros, Germany (12.1 billion) and Italy (7.8 billion).

Russia’s fossil fuel revenues come first from the sale of crude oil (46 billion), followed by pipeline gas, oil products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal.

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Even as Russia’s exports plummeted in May, with countries and companies shunning its supplies over the Ukraine invasion, the global rise in fossil fuel prices continued to fill the Kremlin’s coffers, with export revenues reaching record highs.

According to CREA, Russia’s average export prices were about 60 % higher than last year.

The report added, some countries have upped their purchases from Moscow, including China, India, the United Arab Emirates and France.

CREA analyst Lauri Myllyvirta said: “As the EU is considering stricter sanctions against Russia, France has increased its imports to become the largest buyer of LNG in the world.”

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Myllyvirta added that since most of these are spot purchases rather than long-term contracts, France is consciously deciding to use Russian energy in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

He called for an embargo on Russian fossil fuels to “align actions with words”.

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