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As we all know, the current situation of Russia in the western world is not optimistic due to the overall outbreak of the Russian Ukrainian conflict. In addition to some historical contradictions, the relationship between Russia and the United States has always been more delicate. After the outbreak of the Russian Ukrainian conflict, the United States and Ukraine stood in the same camp and led a group of European countries to jointly sanction Russia.

Under such circumstances, Russia's development is difficult. As an energy oriented country, Russia exports a large amount of oil and gas energy every year. But now, under the sanctions of western countries, Russia has issued a "price limit order". What the western countries did not expect, however, was that it made China the biggest beneficiary. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Although this statement sounds strange, from an objective point of view, we do get a lot of benefits from it. On December 5, Western countries agreed on a price limit order for several months, which was finally fully implemented.

According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report, according to the relevant provisions of the price limit order, the price of oil products imported from Russia in the future cannot be higher than US $60 per barrel. Such a price is naturally unacceptable to the Russian side. By comparison, oil from Saudi Arabia and the United States is much more expensive than that from Saudi Arabia.

But unfortunately, too many countries participated in the formulation of the price limit order, and many western countries have already participated in it. Japan in Asia, Britain, which has always been separated from the EU, and Australia in the southern hemisphere have all participated in this plan. The establishment of the price limiting alliance is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Russian oil export trade.

Although many netizens in China think that the price limits issued by these countries are just like children, their unilateral practices cannot really affect Russia's oil export trade. In fact, however, this is not the case. Although Putin has long put down his harsh words, he will not sell his oil to countries participating in the price limit order. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

But the problem is that after most countries have participated in the price limiting alliance, Russia's oil can be sold to whom if it is not sold to these countries? What's more, in addition to the price limit alliance, there is also a marine insurance. So, what is marine insurance?

According to the requirements of international organizations, ships of any country must purchase marine insurance for ships and their cargoes before they are exported, which is what we call the insurance of the International Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association. If there is no such insurance, it will be refused entry by other countries.

At present, the headquarters of the Association is set up in London, the capital of the British side, and the British side is also one of the member countries of this price limiting alliance. From this, we can see that in the future, it will be even more difficult for Russia to export oil by sea. In the case that the British side refused to take marine insurance as the basis, the Russian ships could only move at an inch, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

Of course, we can also expect that the fighting nation is definitely not a nation willing to obedience. Putin, the leader of Russia, will never accept such sanctions easily. Next, Putin and the Russian side will certainly make various countermeasures to counter the economic sanctions of the price limiting alliance.

Now, the most important thing for the Russian side is to stabilize the two major customers of China and India. In particular, China, as the world's largest oil importer, can send large orders to Russia every year. Basically, as long as we stabilize our big customer, even if we do not want to use the European market, we will not have too much negative impact on Russia's oil export business.

With the help of India, I believe that Russia can sustain for a period of time. It won't be long before Russia will offer lower oil prices to China and India, which may be lower than the US $60 stipulated in the price limit order. Of course, the freight we need to bear will also increase. I consider that we and Russia are close neighbors, so the freight will not rise too much.

And European countries follow the US side to impose such sanctions on Russia, which is not a good thing for their own long-term development. To some extent, it is to maintain their own face without regard to actual interests. The choice of face and lining has always been a big problem. However, it is unexpected that a pragmatic western country will choose to face up rather than be insincere this time.

Europe is not a region rich in energy. Before that, the energy products of most European countries were imported from Russia. Now we follow the US side to limit the price of oil to Russia, which makes the relationship so stiff, and it may be difficult to import corresponding energy products from Russia in the future. As for whether the United States can help European countries solve the problem of energy import, we do not dare to make too big a guarantee.

However, this is not the most important thing for us. The price limit imposed by western countries on Russia will not affect our interests, whether it is good or bad for them. The fisherman who really benefited from this storm is still China, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.