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Russia Won’t Sell Price-Capped Crude. Period
It doesn’t matter how high the US sets the Russian oil peg, for Moscow it’s a political decision not to sell.
An oil tanker loading crude at Kozmino port in the Russian Far East.
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The level at which the US and its allies set their price cap on Russian crude exports is irrelevant.