Efforts to cut Europe’s energy ties with Moscow have already changed the flow of crude oil. Now, attention is turning to refined products, particularly diesel refined from Russian crude outside of the bloc. The goal is clear: reduce the Kremlin’s revenues. But cutting off diesel imports into the bloc in this manner is no simple matter. Keeping track of the origin of each single molecule of diesel around the world is a near-impossible task. Since the war began, refiners in India, Turkey, and the Gulf have taken in Russian crude, processed…
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