The US prohibits the import of gas and oil from Russia
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Russian oil and gas will not be accepted in the United States.
"The US will not participate in financing Putin's war," announced US President Joe Biden.
Biden said during a speech at the White House that the decision to stop purchasing these raw materials from Russia was made in consultation with US allies. The president added that he understood that not all of these allies would be able to make the same decision. Other European countries are unlikely to follow the United States' lead on this issue. They are much more dependent on raw materials from Russia than the USA.
According to the Energy Information Agency, the United States imports approximately 700,000 tonnes of barrels of Russian crude oil and petroleum products a day, including heating oil. According to the agency's data, Russian oil accounted for only about 3 percent of all crude oil supplies to the US last year. In total, imports of Russian crude oil and petroleum products accounted for around 8 percent of importing these products to the US.
