MOSCOW, 10 Dec. Growth in energy demand, provoked by anti-Russian sanctions, will increase the dependence of developing countries on Moscow in the future, according to an article in the Japanese edition of Nihon Keizai.
After 2027, when global energy supplies grow, demand will exceed supply. However, according to Nihon Keizai, citing Yutaka Shirakawa, a representative of the Japan National Oil, Gas and Metals Corporation, during this process, the number of developing countries that will actively move closer to Moscow and Beijing due to anti-Russian sanctions will increase. In the conditions of Asia's deficit, it remains only to turn to Moscow for help — no matter how much the initiators of the restrictions would like the opposite,» the publication concludes.
Western oil sanctions came into force on December 5: the European Union stopped accepting Russian oil transported by sea, in addition, the G7 countries, Australia and the EU have imposed a price cap on such oil at $60 per barrel. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday that Russia is considering possible mechanisms to ban the application of a price ceiling for Russian oil supplies. deliver abroad if it would be contrary to its own interests.
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