Kremlin propaganda tried to pass off Kazakh oil as Russian, DW news agency notes.
Russian propagandists have attempted to publicly portray Kazakh oil as Russian and portray Germany and Poland as violators of the EU oil embargo that went into effect on December 5. DW reported this on Tuesday, December 20.
It should be noted that Germany has promised to stop importing from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline on December 31.
The head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev, in an interview with the propaganda TV channel Russia-24, said that the EU had previously announced that they would not take oil from Russia from January 1, but his company allegedly ” received applications today from Polish buyers.” for three million tons in 2023.
“And for December 360,000 tons, and for the first quarter, Germany has already submitted an application – give it too,” said the Russian official.
In response, the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection responded to a request from the news agency that the owners of the oil refineries in Leuna (owned by the French concern TotalEnergies) and Schwedt (owned by Russian company Rosneft, British Shell and Italian Eni , but currently under the control of the German state) in the new year to buy oil in Russia is no longer.
“Reports that Germany ordered Russian crude oil are false,” said Suzanne Ungrad, ministry spokeswoman.
According to him, as a result of negotiations between the owners of the PCK Raffinerie plant in Schwedt and representatives of Kazakhstan, since January this refinery has booked “the corresponding capacities of the pipeline system of oil (Transneft – ed.) for Kazakhstani oil.”
“So, this is not an order for oil, but a reservation of capacities for the transportation of oil,” he specified, referring to information from the owners of the plants in Leuna and Schwedt.
They report that they are now negotiating long-term future contracts, which include the supply of these refineries through the existing oil pipeline system through the ports of Gdansk (Poland) and Rostock (Germany). .
Negotiations on regular purchases of Kazakh crude oil are also currently underway.
As you know, on December 5, more than 30 countries in the world set a ceiling on oil prices from Russia.
In addition, an embargo on offshore oil supplies from the Russian Federation to Europe began to operate.
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