In 2025, Russia exported 238 million tons of oil and 114 million tons of petroleum products.

Over the past year, Russia exported 238 million tons of oil and 114 million tons of petroleum products. This became known on February 27 from a presentation by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, which he prepared for an open meeting with students at Sirius.

"238 million tons of oil exports from Russia in 2025, 114 million tons of petroleum products exports from Russia in 2025," TASS quoted the text of the message.

Novak noted in his lecture that China and India are the main buyers of Russian oil. At the same time, Russia exported about 25 million tons to European countries in 2025.

In addition, the volume of profitable oil reserves in Russia is estimated at 15 billion tons, and geological recoverable reserves at 31 billion tons. According to Novak, production of this volume will take 62 years, the newspaper writes.Ru»

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on February 26 that the European Commission's plans to propose a permanent ban on oil imports from Russia in April were similar to the behavior of a "lunatic."

On the same day, the EU Council approved a complete ban on the supply of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2027. By March 1, 2026, European countries should prepare plans to diversify gas supplies and identify "potential problems" in replacing Russian gas.

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