Russia redirected about 20 percent of oil, which was supplied to Europe, Vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak during a speech at the Marathon “Knowledge. The First”.
“Those energy resources that were previously sent to Europe were largely redirected to new markets. If we talk, for example, about oil, we are about 20% of those volumes that were previously delivered to Europe, we redirected other markets. This is India, China, other countries, ”RBC quotes Novak.
As for the gas, Russia also redirected part of the supplies to Asia, he continued. In particular, deliveries to China grew by about 50 percent last year, the Deputy Prime Minister noted.