According to the expert, Cameron's statements about the hunt for Russian oil tankers are still declarative.
Statement by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron about the need to start hunting for the “ghost fleet” of tankers carrying Russian oil, rather declarative.
This opinion was expressed by an expert at the Institute of Energy Research, Yuriy Korolchuk, reports Hromadska Radio.
Korolchuk suggests that the statement about the “hunt for Russian tankers” rather a response to Putin's threats to transfer long-range weapons to third countries that will attack NATO countries.
The expert noted that different countries are interested in the operation of such a fleet, buying Russian oil directly or through intermediary schemes.
“Accordingly, all these countries that bought, that is, India, China, Turkey, the UAE, those who participate in all these intermediary schemes for the repurchase of oil and its subsequent resale, they are actually interested. Then The same applies to insurance companies that decide to further cooperate with Russia and insure these tankers.
Therefore, I would evaluate these statements about what they will persecute more as a political-military discussion, as an exchange of theses and opinions,” Korolchuk said.
He emphasized that oil remains a powerful resource, and all the “talk about reducing Russian oil production faces the reality that there is nowhere to get that oil now.”
“Therefore, I believe that today this (statements about the hunt for Russian tankers – ed.) is just a continuation of the general discussion, which cannot give a real effect,” the expert summed up.
Earlier, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Western countries need to start hunting for the “ghost fleet” of tankers transporting Russian oil bypassing sanctions. Cameron also called on the West to increase sanctions pressure on Russia in response to Russian missile attacks on the energy system of Ukraine.
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