Analyst Yushkov called the words of the head of the European Commission about the ceiling on oil prices from Russia absurd

The analyst called this statement absurd.

The expert recalled that from December 5, EU countries will be prohibited from buying Russian oil by sea.

“If they are trying to talk about pipeline oil supplies, which will remain in Central Europe from Russia after December 5, then they will not be able to reach an agreement within the EU, because this decision will be blocked by Hungary.

It blocked for more than a month the adoption of the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, which concerned oil, until it was separately prescribed that they only concern sea supplies, and not pipeline oil.

Therefore, the price ceiling for pipeline oil does not apply,” Yushkov explained.

According to him, it is not clear "to whom they want to ban the export of Russian oil at prices above the ceiling."

“The point is that they will prohibit their European companies that own tankers and their European insurance companies from transporting and insuring the transportation of Russian oil to third countries if oil is poured into the tanker at a price higher than a certain ceiling,” the source said. .

The expert expressed doubt that anyone would comply with these sanctions imposed by the Europeans on the rest of the world.

Earlier, Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU is ready to start taking efforts to set a price ceiling for oil from Russia.