Media: punishment against Russia will affect energy prices in Sweden
Economic journalist Swedish newspaper bj?rn Lindahl believes that fresh sanctions against the Russian Federation will affect energy prices in Sweden, despite the fact that the country is not so dependent on Russian energy, like most other European countries.
" Swedish refineries buy crude oil from Russia. In addition, the country imported a number of Russian natural gas. However, Sweden is less tied to the Russian energy than most other European countries, " - emphasizes the expert.
Speaking about the likelihood of full limits delivery of gas and oil, Lindahl said that in the 1st place, it may relate to natural gas from Russia." Export of Russian oil is so great that its termination will have a major impact on International prices, " he said. The specialist noted that countries that are dependent on gas from Russia, trying to find a replacement for him - for example, Lithuania, rely on liquefied natural gas from Norway.
Lindahl also told his opinion about what are the opportunity costs of airlines possible responses of Russia in the form of a ban on flights over Siberia, which had previously said Medvedev D. A.. Russia is not going to cost the most expensive, on the contrary airlines to face some economic challenges because of the need to spend on flights for a couple of hours more, the expert said.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -
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