Oil pumps. File photoMOSCOW, June 8State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said politicians and officials in Europe will have to be explained why their fellow citizens must endure «Biden's rise in prices.» «Washington forced EU states to impose sanctions against Russia , to abandon Russian energy resources. And he achieved his goal. There are double standards. Now let European politicians and officials explain why their citizens should endure Biden's rise in prices,» Volodin wrote in his Telegram channel. He also noted that despite the decision United States on a ban on the supply of oil, gas, and other energy carriers from Russia and the statement of US President Joe Biden that «Russian oil will no longer be accepted in American ports», data from the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy indicate the opposite. «Oil supplies from Russia in March almost doubled compared to February — from 2.325 to 4.218 million barrels.Our country has risen from ninth to sixth that place in the ranking of the largest oil suppliers in the US,” Volodin wrote.
