The United States and Western countries have declared that they want to cut off oil ** to Russia, and have imposed oil sanctions on Russia. However, a recent incident has exposed them to the false side. The attack came after a British oil tanker was attacked by the Houthis, and it was confirmed that it was carrying Russian ** vessels.
Why is this happening? Is Britain secretly uniting with Russia to prepare joint sanctions against the United States and Europe? In fact, these are only superficial phenomena, and the United States and Western countries have long had close relations with Russia on energy issues, but they will not say it on the surface.
First of all, although the United States and Europe and other countries have not directly imported from Russia, they have gained huge benefits in transportation, underwriting and other links. Because Europe has the largest fleet in the world, they carry most of Russia's oil from the ocean. Last year, more than 60% of Russian oil was transported by tankers from Europe. Also, most of the oil companies are European countries, and there are seven major industrial countries. British companies are said to have insured more than $100 billion of Russian energy over the past year.
Secondly, the United States, Europe and other countries have carried out several indirect "handovers" against Russia. For example, they import a lot of "Indian-made" ** from Russia, such as India, in order to circumvent sanctions against Russia. Even the United States itself admits that over the past year, they have indeed imported ** from Russia.
All of this shows that the energy restrictions imposed by the United States and the West on Russia are in fact a kind of "two-facedness", and they do not take the US economy to heart, let alone the US economy. Their blockade of our energy is like a filter with countless gaps, which can stop those who slip through the net, but it cannot stop their own development. This turmoil just exposed their true colors and exposed their hypocrisy.
Therefore, we can say this: the British tanker was hit by Houthi shelling, and the Russian ** showed its true colors. The energy sanctions imposed by the United States and the West on them are just a slogan.