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> $1B/day from Germany alone

According to [1], all imports from Russia to Germany in March were 4B EUR, so rather $139M/day, not $1B/day. Maybe that is the amount for all of the EU (with Germany then contributing 13.9%)?

[1] https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2022/03...




$1B/day is in fact the sum from all of the EU for gas and oil according to Josep Borrell, the EUʼs top diplomat from Spain [1], [2], [3]. The $139M/day ≈ 13.9% from Germany include oil and gas (according to the source I gave).

The source you provided (thank you) reads: “Proceeds from the sale of Russian oil and gas amount to around $1bn (£770m) a day”. In the context of the article, it is misleading, unfortunately; in itself it could even mean ‘from everyone’. Itʼs probably the number given by Borrell.

[1] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/04/06/eu-has-spent-3...

[2] https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/04/08/eu-gave-e1-billion-in-m...

[3] https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/minister-says-eu-giving-russ...


I appreciate this back and forth, thank you. I’m disappointed in the BBC reporting here.


I also fell into the BBC trap (I’m OP), thanks for the correction and the reminder to not just look at the top google result.




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