BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 09:16:00
The diesel is used to power uk planes. the figures are equivalent to one in eight of our flights using fuel from these refineries, or one in 20 british flights being powered purely by russian crude. so how much is this all worth to russia? according to the figures, in the first six months of 2023, the energy bought by the uk generated more than $122 million in revenue for russia, of which at least $50 million went directly to the kremlin in tax revenues. so russia has essentiallyjust skirted around the sanctions. it is selling as much oil as it was before the war, and that is as a result of th...