Novak: Russia has already started selling oil to a number of new buyers

He noted that in the current situation, Russian oil companies are looking for new directions, new supply chains.

“We see, of course, that there are new buyers, including an increase in volumes (of oil exports. -

) to suppliers in other directions, including in the Asia-Pacific region,” TASS quotes him.

Novak added that Russia is considering a number of new infrastructure projects to diversify oil supplies.

Earlier, Novak said that the EU countries are unlikely to be able to completely replace oil and gas from Russia in the next five to ten years.