‘Contacts are being made’: Kremlin says it is negotiating to buy fuel abroad
Russia is negotiating to import fuel, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, declining to say which countries Moscow is looking to buy petroleum products from (the following is a quote via the Telegram channel Vy Slushali).
Well, for obvious reasons we won’t be talking about that — contacts are being made. If agreements are reached at acceptable prices, it will happen. This will be another step toward stabilizing the market, and it is aimed at dampening this surge in demand.
At a meeting on Russia’s fuel market on Sunday, June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed officials to “work out the issue of importing petroleum products.” Reporters asked Peskov which countries Russia planned to import them from.
Russia, despite sanctions, ranked sixth among the world’s largest exporters of petroleum products in 2025 (and second in crude oil exports).
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