Yellen Presses Europeans on Price-Cap Proposal for Russia’s Oil
- Spoke to Cyprus minister on depriving ‘Kremlin of revenue’
- Treasury chief seeking to maintain supply, cut Russia revenue
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pressing European counterparts to embrace measures designed to enforce a price cap on Russian oil, a move that US officials hope would maintain global crude oil supplies while at the same time limiting Moscow’s revenue.
Yellen spoke Monday with Constantinos Petrides, the finance minister of Cyprus, a major maritime player that serves as Europe’s largest ship-management center. The two “spoke about the goal of placing a price limit on Russian oil to deprive the Kremlin of revenue to finance their war in Ukraine while mitigating spillover effects for the global economy,” the Treasury said in a statement.