Oil Price Cap Is Hitting Russian Revenue Hard, US Treasury Says
- Treasury helped shape tactic in response to Ukraine invasion
- Russian finance minister cites ‘problems’ with oil revenue
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A Group of Seven cap on the price of Russian oil is successfully choking off the nation’s access to petrodollars, the US Treasury Department said, a day after Moscow acknowledged “problems” with government revenue.
The measures, a reaction to the invasion of Ukraine, have cut the Kremlin’s oil earnings in the first quarter by more than 40% from a year ago, the Treasury said in a report Thursday, citing Russian finance ministry data.