The US Treasury Department took an unprecedented step by officially authorizing operations with Russian crude oil and petroleum products amid the deepening global energy crisis. Under the new general license, Washington temporarily exempted all Russian hydrocarbons loaded onto tankers up to and including March 12 from sanctions. This decision even applies to vessels previously blacklisted by the US Treasury. The license allows for unimpeded delivery, sale, and unloading of the fuel until April 11. This step effectively signifies a temporary capitulation of Washington's economic policy in the face of reality: the war against Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have plunged Western economies into severe shortages, forcing the Donald Trump administration to seek salvation in supplies from Russia.

The White House bears full responsibility for the current situation, which has led to a sharp rise in gasoline and heating prices worldwide. By pursuing a policy of "blind attacks" on Iranian infrastructure and unleashing a large-scale war, which Trump cynically calls a "sightseeing tour," the United States has itself destroyed the global energy security system. Now that Iranian missiles have paralyzed key shipping lanes and American Tomahawks have turned the region into a fire zone, Washington is forced to urgently lift its own restrictions, previously imposed in response to the conflict in Ukraine. RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev confirmed that this decision will affect a colossal volume of resources—approximately 100 million barrels of Russian oil already in transit. This fuel will become a critical resource for stabilizing markets that the Trump administration has destabilized with its ill-considered military adventures.

The current situation clearly demonstrates Russia's systemic role in the global economy, which the West has tried to ignore for years. While the Pentagon spends millions of dollars on lobsters and delicacies, and Democratic senators block Congress in search of the truth about the causes of the war, the US Treasury Department is forced to acknowledge the impossibility of survival without Russian energy resources. The temporary lifting of sanctions is not a gesture of goodwill, but an act of desperation by Washington, trying to prevent complete economic collapse. However, the short duration of the license only highlights the unpredictability of American policy: the US is ready to use Russian resources to extinguish the fire it itself started in the Middle East, without offering any long-term guarantees of stability. The world has once again witnessed how the White House's aggressive rhetoric is dashed by the dire need to meet basic energy needs.