Go to the twelfth day of invasion of Russia to Ukraine. On Sunday, on March 6, in the Ukrainian city of Irpen, as a result of the shelling from the Russian troops, eight inhabitants were killed. A rocket punch at the airport in Vinnitsa was applied. The President of Ukraine in his video message stated that due to the shelling the airport was destroyed. In different cities of Russia on March 6, mass protests against war in Ukraine were held, more than five thousand participants were detained. American Express Following Visa and Mastercard announced care from Russia. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, a few days earlier, during a video conversation with a group of American senators, called to introduce oil embargo against Russia.
Russian economist Sergey Hestov in an interview with the Russian publication “present time” shared his opinion as rapidly Russians will understand the influence of sanctions that are more dangerous for the Russian economy – directly sanction or care of companies due to the toxicity of the Russian market.
to the question of what is more dangerous for the Russian economy, which will no longer affect the economy and the population of the Russian Federation – directly sanctions, that is, the restrictions of states and the European Union, or the care of companies due to the toxicity of the Russian market, the economist replied that “sanctions are not yet The main sources of proceeds from exports too strongly affected, because the Russian economy is quite a long enough – the level of state’s presence in the economy reaches 70% – and one of the main sources of income is the receipt of exports primarily hydrocarbons, metals, petrochemical products, forests and so Further. So far there are no direct prohibitions for the purchase of Russian products, although some traders actively avoid Russian goods lately … In the coming weeks and months, the situation with Russian exports will be more clear, “.
According to Hestanov, “the energy market is specific to the fact that it is very unequisible at the short time horizon, that is, most of the energy projects have a period of implementation noticeably for more than a year. Therefore, something to change for a year is probably hardly possible. .. If we talk about the horizon a year or two, you can quite confidently say that it is unlikely to quickly die from dependence, first of all from Russian gas, to a lesser extent from Russian oil, it is hardly possible. But on the horizon three to five years – for it Time It is quite possible to implement pipeline projects, and terminals for receiving liquefied natural gas, and the same housing insulation programs, which radically reduces heating costs, is quite possible. Therefore, in a short period, most likely, the status quo will continue, on a long – Questions more than answers. “