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Take oil and Arctic: Russia has offered the US access to its natural resources - the media

To spread: According to the head of the RFI, earlier the US oil companies have "very successful business" in Russia. Because of sanctions, they lost about $ 300 billion. The Russians offer the American side access to their natural resources. About it writes The Moscow Times. The Kremlin offered the team of President Donald Trump an agreement concerning Russian natural resources.

According to Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian direct investment fund, the Russian Federation is interested in joint projects with Americans in the Arctic. Dmitriev said that earlier the US oil companies were "very successful business" in Russia, and because of sanctions they lost about $ 300 billion. "We believe that at some point they will return, because why would they refuse to access the Russian natural resources that Russia gave them?" - said the head of the RFI.

Prior to the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil was the only major American company to produce oil in Russia. She owned 30% in the Sakhalin-1 project, but after the imposition of sanctions stated. It was not possible to sell their share - the Russians continued the deadlines, the last time until the end of 2026. After the Great War of the Russian Federation against Ukraine from the Russian market, American oil service companies - Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.