The United States stopped importing Russian oil in the week ended April 1, according to the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy.
The last time the United States stopped buying Russian oil in the week from February 19 to 25, however, it resumed imports the very next week at the maximum volume for 2022 - 148 thousand barrels per day. On average, in March, daily oil imports from Russia amounted to 52 thousand barrels
In early March, the administration of US President Joe Biden announced a ban on oil imports from Russia.
The democratic world must abandon Russian oil and completely block Russian banks from the international financial system, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily video message early Thursday.
In a month and a half since the start of Russia's special military operation aimed at the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, more than 4 million people fled across the border of Ukraine, a quarter of the country's population was left homeless, many cities were turned into ruins. This gave rise to new Western restrictions on the Russian elite and the economy.
