According to a video rebuilt by the Wall Street Journal, the crude oil from Russian ports is on an acrobatic path to circumvent the Biden administration's sanctions and land in US ports. It is the journey of about 5 million barrels of products derived from the crude oil of Moscow that, after being refined in the plant in Priolo Gargallo, in Sicily, acquire the Italian passport leaving the Russian one, thus obtaining the green light to enter the United States. In fact, the sanctions imposed by the United States allow the Moscow crude oil, "substantially transformed into a resource produced abroad", to reach Washington. But also the pitstop in Italy has to do with Russia. The Isab refinery, the second largest in Italy and the fifth in Europe, is owned by Lukoil, the second Russian oil giant after Rosneft. Before the outbreak of the war, Isab imported crude oil from at least 15 different countries and the share of products derived from Moscow reached a maximum of 30%. According to a company source "there are no conditions to say that there is circumvention because there is no ban on exporting products derived from Russian oil. The embargo is to be lifted on December 5 for the European Community. "
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