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Putin bans oil sales to countries abiding by the price cap

December 28, 2022

To remind, at the beginning of December, the Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia joined the EU in setting a $60-a-barrel cap on Russian seaborne crude oil. The move has been described as a way of cutting Russia’s financial power in the wake of its aggression against Ukraine.

The coalition said that the cap would also prevent a spike in global oil prices after an EU embargo on Russian crude takes effect on Dec. 5.

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