“The unacceptability of any ceilings.

Although they are set quite high, but this is a matter of principle - this is interference in the processes of market pricing, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying in an interview with Pavel Zarubin in the Moscow.

Kremlin.

Putin."

Peskov added that the Russian side would never agree to the destruction of market processes.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, said that Russia would not, in principle, supply oil at prices set by the West.

In early December, the G7 states (USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain), the European Union and Australia banned their companies from insuring and transporting Russian oil by sea to third countries at a price higher than $60 per barrel.

From February 5, 2023, the relevant restrictions should also apply to petroleum products.