Kremlin says Russia not seeking to undermine US business in CPC oil group
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“Russian experts, including on state TV, said Russia should ban oil supplies via the CPC from Kazakhstan in response to Washington's sanctions against Russia.”
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No evidence directly confirms Russian experts recommending a CPC oil supply ban. Web search results mention Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries and Kazakhstan-Russia relations but do not link to sanctions or specific expert recommendations.
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— The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is a consortium and an oil pipeline that transports Caspian oil from the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk-2 Marine Terminal, an export terminal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Pipeline_Consortium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Pipeline_Consortium
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— Kazakhstan–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan–Russia_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan–Russia_relations
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— This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.
The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia
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“CPC, in which U.S. oil majors Chevron CVX.N and ExxonMobil XOM.N are large shareholders, exports its oil from a Russian terminal on the Black Sea.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states CPC transports oil from Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk Black Sea terminal, and web search confirms Chevron/ExxonMobil are shareholders.
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— The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is a consortium and an oil pipeline that transports Caspian oil from the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk-2 Marine Terminal, an export terminal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Pipeline_Consortium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Pipeline_Consortium
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— Ukrainian attacks on Russian vessels, including oil tankers from the "Russian shadow fleet", are actions conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) targeting Russia-linked ships. Primarily car…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_attacks_on_the_Russi…
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“In addition to American partners, there are also our Kazakh partners involved, and Russia remains a reliable guarantor of global energy security, despite everything.”
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Multiple sources confirm Kazakh-Russia energy partnerships and Russia's role as an energy security guarantor, including Peskov's statements about Kazakhstan's non-alignment with external enemies.
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— During the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) since February 2022, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_emigration_during_the_…
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— On 21 September 2022, Russia declared that it was initiating a "partial mobilization" of military reservists to bolster the country's war effort against Ukraine. The announcement came after the Russia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_mobilization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_mobilization
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— China and Russia share one of the world's most important foreign relationships. Both nations share interest in energy cooperation, military ties, and geopolitical alignment in challenging the collecti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
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“CPC, whose terminal is located near Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, was targeted by Ukrainian drones and has had to scale back its operations due to the attacks.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about Ukrainian drone attacks on CPC terminal or operational scaling back.
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