Russian oil continues to reach the United States despite sanctions, reports the Washington Post

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Despite the sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine, Russian oil continues to flow to the United States of America. The news was revealed by an investigation by the Washington Post, which also denounces that Russian products are used for North American military supplies.

After the bans imposed by the West, The Greek Hellas refinery, located in the Aegean Sea and which supplies the Pentagon, would have stopped using Russian oil. to supply you. However, the North American newspaper points out that the company only changed the route by which it did so.

According to the research, Motor Oil Hellas created an export route where Russian oil is first sent to Turkey, where it is stored, so that its origin cannot be traced. Only later does it reach Greece and, finally, the United States.

The North American newspaper also revealed that Motor Oil Hellas has obtained more than $1 billion in contracts with the Pentagon since the ban on importing Russian oil came into effect in March 2022.

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The same research also reveals that the Turkish Dortyol plant exported around seven million barrels since the European Union sanctions, with more than four million (approximately 56%) sent to the Greek refinery.

“I don’t see any other possible conclusion than that the Russian fuel will go to Motor Oil Hellas,” said Robert Auers, a refinery modeler and refined fuels market analyst at the research firm RBN Energy, who analyzed the American newspaper’s findings. American.

The Washington Post reached this conclusion through shipping records and other records that allowed Russian oil to be traced. However, he guarantees that “it was not possible to determine the exact amount of oil of Russian origin in the products purchased by the Pentagon.”