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TexasTowelie

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Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:18 PM 18 hrs ago

Russia Adrift - Joe Blogs



Russia’s oil empire is in trouble.

Over 390 million barrels of Russian crude are now floating at sea — part of a record one billion-barrel global backlog.

Tougher sanctions mean buyers have vanished, ports are refusing Russian cargoes, and insurance companies won’t touch the ships.

That’s left around $20 billion worth of oil stranded on tankers, unable to dock — a nightmare for Moscow, which desperately needs every dollar of export revenue.

In this video I reveal:
• How sanctions and enforcement have crippled Russia’s oil exports
• Why tankers packed with Russian crude are circling the oceans with nowhere to go
• How lost revenue and shrinking buyer lists are creating a massive cash-flow crisis
• And why this could force Russia to cut production as storage fills up and sales collapse

This is the moment Russia’s energy machine starts to seize up — and it’s happening in real time.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 OIL BUILD UP
2:35 RUSSIAN OIL
3:41 WHY?
8:11 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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