听听西方媒体怎样说的吧!难道和环球时报的报道有区别?EU Gives OK To Pay For Russian Gas In Rubles === By Julianne Geiger - May 20, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT === On Friday, Germany and Italy both told companies that they could open up rubles accounts in order to purchase Russian gas, in line with President Vladimir Putin’s request. Russia’s request has companies opening up two accounts at Gazprombank; one in euros or U.S. dollars and another in rubles. Buyers would deposit the payment into one account in U.S. dollars or euros, and then it is automatically converted to rubles without the involvement of the Bank of Russia.As of last week, 20 companies in the EU had opened accounts at Gazprombank, while another 14 had asked for the necessary paperwork to open up accounts. Germany’s VNG had already opened up an account with Gazprombank.
听听西方媒体怎样说的吧!难道和环球时报的报道有区别?Russia oil revenue up 50% despite sanctions, IEA says === Suban Abdulla 12 May 2022·3-min read === Russia's oil revenues withstood a boycott from global companies and most countries following its invasion of Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.
The Pairs-based agency said the Kremlin earned around $20bn (£16.4bn) each month in 2022 from combined sales of crude and products amounting to about 8 million barrels a day (bpd). Total oil export revenues were up 50% this year. Moscow's exports rebounded last month by 620,000 bpd from March to 8.1 million bpd back to their January and February average as India and China picked up supply rerouted away from the US and Europe. However, despite working on a Russia crude import ban, the EU remained the top market for oil exports in April, according to the IEA's monthly market report. Volumes decreased 535,000 bpd from the start of the year, and the bloc now accounts for 43% of Russian crude exports, down from around 50% previously. Brent crude (BZ=F) fell 1.5% to $105.84 a barrel, while US light crude (CL=F) was 1.6% lower to $104.01 at the time of writing. The agency also signalled a U-turn on its previous forecast in March which it warned 3 million bpd could go offline from April, lowering the figure as supplies fell by 1 million bpd last month. It estimates these losses could triple in the second half of 2022, and expects the number to rise to 1.6 million bpd in May, 2 million in June and nearly 3 million from July onwards if sanctions expand or deter further buying. "If agreed, the new embargoes would accelerate the reorientation of trade flows that is already underway and will force Russian oil companies to shut in more wells," the IEA said.
据俄罗斯塔斯社20日报道,美国总统国家安全事务助理沙利文当地时间19日告诉记者,从华盛顿的角度来看,中国采购俄罗斯石油以补充其战略储备并没有违反美国针对俄罗斯实施的制裁。
俄罗斯塔斯社报道截图
当天早些时候,美国彭博社援引消息人士的话称,中国目前正在与俄罗斯讨论有关增加俄罗斯石油供应的问题,这些石油将被用来补充中国的战略储备。有消息人士指出,目前还没有关于可能的供应量以及供应条件等信息,而且是否会签署相关协议仍待定。
沙利文在对美媒的这一消息发表评论时说:“我们(美国)禁止进口俄罗斯石油,但我们没有限制俄罗斯向其他国家出售石油,所以当其他国家购买俄罗斯石油时,这与我们实施的制裁并不矛盾。”
美国总统国家安全事务助理沙利文 图源:路透社
“当然,现在欧洲人正在考虑禁运俄罗斯石油,我们对此表示支持。”沙利文还称,与欧盟相比,美国更容易采取禁止从俄罗斯进口石油的措施,因为美国“情况特殊,自己本身也是能源生产国”,而“欧洲的情况不同”。
此外,沙利文还被问及“美国是否对中国目前没有帮助俄罗斯规避西方制裁的立场感到满意”,对此他表示,华盛顿“到目前为止还没有看到中国向俄罗斯提供军事装备的证据”,并称美国“没有看到中国系统地帮助俄罗斯规避西方制裁”。
根据中国驻俄罗斯大使馆消息,中国驻俄罗斯大使张汉晖5月5日接受了俄罗斯塔斯社专访,在回答“中方是否准备增购俄石油天然气,以及中国是否能填补俄在欧洲市场上可能的损失”这个问题时,张大使表示,中俄在石油天然气领域互为重要战略伙伴,近年来双方合作不断取得新进展,以油气为主的能源合作一直是中俄务实合作中分量最重、成果最多、范围最广的领域。目前,俄已成为中国最主要油气供应来源国之一,中国也是俄油气出口的重要市场。中国能源市场潜力巨大,需求不断上升。双方将继续本着平等互利精神,发挥好重大战略性项目牵引作用,不断深化传统能源领域上中下游一体化合作,实现双方优势互补和互利共赢。