Thread by @Gerashchenko_en

1/4 current surplus at russian accounts (exports minus imports, to simplify) is now about $96 billion. It is four times as much as last year. If the trend continues, it can grow up to $250 billion - almost the same as the $300 billion of assets currently frozen in Western banks

2/4 russian oil and gas exports are not increasing but prices for energy are growing rapidly. #russia will suffer economically once it uses up all the Western components and goods, and no new ones come in. But it will happen much later.

3/4 #putin is trying to play a long game so that growing prices make the West more susceptible to negotiations and lifting of sanctions. Without a complete oil and gas embargo (implemented soon) he might succeed.

Source: spectator.co.uk/article/are-sa…

4/4 We must understand that each day that putin receives money for oil and gas means more Ukrainian lives lost and infrastructure ruined. Money paid for oil and gas literally finances bloodbaths.
#SanctionsRussia #StandWithUkraine