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China turns to Russian oil as Gulf supply drops – but is it too expensive?

South China Morning Post · · 164 words · By Xinyi Wu
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Russia’s crude shipments to China rose 11.3 per cent year on year to nearly 9 million tonnes in April, according to Chinese customs data released on Wednesday.”
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The provided evidence mentions Russian oil shipments to China in other contexts (early 2026, July), but none of the search results provide the specific figures for April (11.3% increase or 9 million tonnes).
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web search NEUTRAL — war in Iran increases global competition for Russian oil. In the first two months of the year, Russia’s shipments of crude to China rose 40.9 per cent year on year to 21.8 million tonnes, according to…
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3347329/c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia's crude shipments rebounded, with China picking up the slack after US President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on India choked exports to the nation. The amount of crude heading to China has m…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/russia-s-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia remained the top supplier of crude oil to energy-hungry China in July, according to the latest data published by the Chinese customs service. The statistics showed that imports of Russian oil i…
https://www.rt.com/business/561251-russia-china-top-oil-supp…
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“Month on month, the value of China’s crude imports from Russia rose 16.2 per cent in April in US dollar terms, despite a 10.8 per cent fall in quantity.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general definitions of the month of April and the calendar year, with no data regarding crude import values or quantities from Russia to China.
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web search NEUTRAL — April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 1, 2020 · April is the fourth month of the year. Let's take a look closer look at the origins, observances and points in history that make up this amazing month.
https://www.thefactsite.com/april-facts/
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web search NEUTRAL — Each month has either 28, 30, or 31 days during a common year, which has 365 days. During leap years, which occur nearly every 4 years, we add an extra (intercalary) day, Leap Day, on 29 February, mak…
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/months/
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“the United States introduced temporary sanctions waivers for oil already loaded onto tankers”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that the US introduced sanctions waivers for Russian oil already loaded onto tankers, specifically mentioning a license published on March 5 and general waivers for oil at sea.
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web search NEUTRAL — However, as the United States intensified sanctions on Russian oil majors, it fell out of step with its G7 partners on enforcing the price cap on Russian oil, particularly in areas such as targeting s…
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/sanctions-waivers…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a similar 30-day waiver of sanctions, the US Treasury published a license on March 5 allowing Indian refiners to buy Russian oil already loaded onto tankers. This marked a major US policy shift.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-temporarily-allows-sale-of-russian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States has announced another 30-day extension of a sanctions waiver for countries buying Russian oil and petroleum products currently already loaded on tankers at sea, as global energy mark…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/us-extends-sanction…
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“On Monday, Washington announced another 30-day extension of the waiver.”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, a report on Bessent, and another news snippet) explicitly state that the US announced a 30-day extension of the sanctions waiver for Russian oil.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States has announced another 30-day extension of a sanctions waiver for countries buying Russian oil and petroleum products currently already loaded on tankers at sea, as global energy mark…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/us-extends-sanction…
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web search NEUTRAL — US extends sanctions waiver on purchases of Russian oil.US issues 30-day sanctions waiver for purchase of Russian oil at sea. France's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure says the G7 stands re…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/us-extends-russ…
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web search NEUTRAL — The latest extension for another 30 days comes after Bessent told The Associated Press that the waiver on Russian oil sanctions would lapse, a sign of the lasting global economic challenges created by…
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-05-18/bes…
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