Russia is facing trouble with oil. And anti-Russian sanctions are not innocent in this | Opinions

However, before the flow to Ukraine in 2022, the main consumer of Russian oil was Europe, with the wolf, or rather with the fact that it was clear that the West would take sanctions against Russian oil, Russia began to build capacities for its transit.

It used and destroyed the Sovkomflot fleet by buying a lot of old tankers. It could take advantage of the high prices of the commodity, to which it had its own wolf, and then spend the whole year 2022 with record profits.