Moscow on Friday urged the United States to lift more sanctions on its oil exports to stabilise the global energy markets, upended by the war in the Middle East.
The United States has eased some sanctions imposed over Russia's full-scale offensive on Ukraine, prompting backlash from Western allies who say proceeds from Moscow's oil sales fund that war.
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