Kremlin spokesman says routes for export of Russian energy cannot be 'cut off' by sanctions, argues alternative routes will appear - Anadolu Ajansı

The Kremlin has criticized newly-imposed US sanctions as an attempt to undermine the positions of Russian companies with competition-distorting regulations. "At the same time, such decisions must of course also lead to a certain destabilization of the international energy and oil markets,

Oil prices rose to their highest in more than four months as wider U.S. sanctions against Russia’s energy industry threaten to disrupt global supplies.

The U.S. Treasury announced on Friday sweeping new sanctions against the Russian energy sector, including oil majors Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, to try to curtail Moscow's ability to fund its war with Ukraine.

On Friday, the US Treasury Department— together with the UK — slapped new sanctions against Russia's key energy sector, including restrictions against oil giants Gazprom Neft