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Work of oil pumping rigs. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 4.China's private refineries are «secretly» buying Russian oil to avoid US sanctions, the Financial Times reported. According to the report, an employee of an independent oil refinery in Shandong said that since the beginning of the special operation to Ukraine, he did not publicly disclose data on transactions with Russian oil suppliers , so as not to attract attention and not fall under US sanctions. According to the newspaper, the refinery official also said the refinery has received a quota for Russian oil purchases from state-owned traders, who are basically refusing to sign new contracts to supply oil from the Russian Federation. cheap Russian oil, helping Beijing to remain in the shadows while the West brings down sanctions on Moscow,» the newspaper writes. After the start of a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the EU adopted five packages of sanctions against individuals, organizations, the financial sector and the energy sector of Russia. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the sixth package of European sanctions against Russia will include cutting off new banks from SWIFT, new sanctions «for disinformation» and restrictions on oil imports. Media: new EU sanctions imply a ban on Russian oil for six months Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics.