A presidential decree restricts the publication and use of detailed information on oil and energy exports, including prices, counterparties, transport routes, terminals, storage facilities, and customs data. The decree also limits access to refinery-level data on oil processing and petroleum production. The measures reduce transparency around Russia’s energy sector, making it more difficult for foreign governments and analysts to track oil flows, assess sanctions compliance, and identify potential circumvention. The measure is explicitly framed as a response to the “unfriendly and contrary to international law actions of the United States of America and the foreign states and international organisations that have joined them.”
