Putin further restricts disclosures about Russian energy and refining
The decree bars publication of customs, refining and export contract data unless companies disclose the figures themselves, tightening sanctions enforcement.
- On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree restricting energy and oil information disclosures, which the Kremlin says aims to counter sanctions from the United States and Western countries.
- Moscow has previously classified crude output data following the 2014 annexation of Crimea, further tightening secrecy after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine to complicate Western sanctions enforcement.
- The new restrictions cover refining volumes, contract details, tanker routes, and customs statistics, barring public dissemination unless a company chooses to release its own figures.
- Under the decree, information cannot appear "through mass media or internet networks," and the government has 10 days to specify which product codes the new rules cover.
- These measures follow a difficult year for refineries, as Ukrainian drones have impacted throughput, driving gasoline production down roughly 20% and diesel down nearly 30% across Russia.
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The Kremlin restricts access to information about the oil and gas industry due to the Ukrainian strikes, Western sanctions and internal panic caused by the Russian fuel crisis are reported to ISW.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has restricted the publication of information about Russia's fuel and energy industry, a move the Kremlin says is aimed at making it harder for the West to enforce and monitor anti-Russian sanctions.
Data on the supply of fuel and other goods from the Russian fuel-energy complex have become more closed. Vladimir Putin signed a decree that limits the dissemination of a whole range of information, ranging from the price of an export contract to the ship's route and the volume of oil-processing output.
The price of oil continues to rise, although getting supplies out into the world is doing better. The president of Russia prohibits the publication of information about oil and gas production. Meanwhile, sales of heat pumps are rising big in Europe, which is also grappling with rising gas prices ahead of winter.
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