{"id":2102905,"date":"2023-11-18T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-for-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T23:00:12","slug":"bombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-for-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-for-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombshell: Biden Pentagon Exposed for Buying Russian Fuel Oil, Evading Wartime Sanctions &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-for-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2102905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Shocking Revelation: Biden \u2062Pentagon Accused\u2063 of\u2064 Buying Russian Fuel Oil, Defying Sanctions<\/h2>\n<p>A blistering\u2063 expos\u00e9 from The Washington Post is casting new\u200d aspersions on the oversight \u200b\u2014\u2062 or lack thereof \u2014 stemming from President Joe Biden\u2019s\u2062 administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cForbidden Russian oil flows into the Pentagon supply chain,\u201d\u2063 the\u200c ominous, exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/11\/14\/russian-oil-sanctions-us-greece-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> warned readers right off the bat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The salacious \u2062headline and\u200d report are rooted in two key issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russian oil imports\u2063 were collectively banned by the U.S. and the European Union in March\u200c 2022 \u2064as\u200b a response to the country\u2019s war with \u2062Ukraine, per\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/08\/biden-bans-russian-oil-imports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A Greek refinery that \u200cserves \u200dthe U.S. \u200cmilitary claimed it adapted to these \u200bnew sanctions \u2014 but apparently did\u2063 not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Motor Oil Hellas refinery on the Aegean\u200d Sea in Greece is at the center of \u2063this\u200b Washington \u2062Post\u200d investigation, and \u200bthe company stands accused of continuing \u200cto pump\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unavoidable-evil-europe-buying-1-million-barrels-russian-oil-day-still-can\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian petroleum<\/a> in spite of those 2022 sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Motor Oil Hellas wasn\u2019t using some particularly Rube\u200c Goldberg plot to \u200bpump the allegedly illegal\u200d oil.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to \u2063The \u2063Post, the refinery allegedly rerouted the\u2062 illegal product \u200d\u201chundreds of miles out of the way \u2064through an oil\u200b storage facility in Turkey,\u201d a detour which\u200b the outlet claimed \u201cobscured Russia\u2019s imprint as ownership of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-for-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report\/\" title=\"Bombshell: Biden Pentagon Exposed for Buying Russian Fuel Oil, Evading Wartime Sanctions - Report\">products \u200bchanged hands\u200b multiple times<\/a> \u200bbefore they \u200creached Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dcommon practice of mixing oil\u2062 from \u200bvarious countries of origin at refineries (before they\u2019re sent out again) \u2063also has reportedly \u200dallowed the proliferation of Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>The paper trail \u2062that The Post said it\u2064 dug \u2064up directly links Biden\u2019s Pentagon to this \u200ccompromised \u2064product, as\u200d \u201cfederal contracting \u2062data\u201d revealed\u200d that the government entity signed nearly\u200b $1\u2062 billion worth of new \u200dcontracts with Motor Oil Hellas since the wartime sanctions were enacted last March.<\/p>\n<p>The Post also noted that since\u200d February 2022, \u2063a million barrels of jet fuel\u200d from Motor Oil Hellas have gone\u200c to various entities in Italy, France, Spain\u2063 and Britain \u2014 with \u2062those first two countries being\u200b founding members \u2062of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>All of these entities effectively stand\u2063 accused of purchasing sanctioned oil via a\u2062 middleman.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, \u2063The Post report suggested that\u2063 all of this sanctioned \u2062oil \u200bwas coming at a hefty premium as part of the\u2064 sanctions involved a price \u2062cap on Russian oil \u2014 a price cap that apparently countries are\u2064 not following\u2062 through on, allowing Russia \u2064to sell its oil\u200c for far more money than it\u2019s supposed to.<\/p>\n<p>A Pentagon Defense Logistics \u200bAgency \u2064representative\u200c told\u2063 the outlet that they\u200b had \u201cno \u200bknowledge\u201d of banned Russian fuel being found at a\u200d contracted supplier.<\/p>\n<p>Motor Oil Hellas has vociferously denied these \u2064allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The refinery\u200b offered a statement to The Post, noting that the \u2064company \u201cdoes not buy, process or \u200dtrade Russian oil \u200bor \u2064products.\u200b All its imports are certified\u2062 of non sanctioned origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An evidently wide-spanning and complicated scandal, it\u2019s unclear what comes next,\u200d though\u200d the Washington Post \u2062did note that enforcement of related penalties have \u201cbeen scant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. military has not done its\u200c due diligence on\u2062 the origin of this oil,\u201d Isaac Levi, an analyst for a European nonprofit that tracks the flow of Russian oil, told The Post. \u201cIt is not hard to see where it\u200b is coming \u200cfrom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Biden, this is a \u200dfamiliar\u2063 headache.<\/p>\n<p>Up \u2062until America acquiesced with the\u2064 E.U. on \u2062sanctions, Biden\u2019s administration actually vociferously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-refuses-stop-buying-putins-oil-dishes-punishment-individual-russians-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s waffling on the sanctioned \u2064petroleum forced the hands of Republicans to\u2063 push for the\u200b \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-lawmakers-force-bidens-hand-oil-introduce-independence-russian-energy-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence\u200b from Russian\u2063 Energy Act<\/a>\u201d in\u2063 March \u20622022.<\/p>\n<p>For\u2062 Biden, it\u2019s just the latest in \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-speaker-mike-johnson-bad-news-joe-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stretch of headaches<\/a> for the octogenarian incumbent \u2064in the midst of what will likely be \u200da grueling re-election campaign\u200b \u2014 a\u2063 re-election bid that \u200bsees former President Donald \u200bTrump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-beats-biden-new-poll-defeat-even-worse-joes-possible-replacements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nipping at his heels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">\n<h3>An Urgent Note\u200b from Our \u2062Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>The \u200dWestern Journal has \u2063been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a> because we have a biblical \u2064worldview and speak the truth\u200c about \u2063what is happening in America.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to \u200dlet Big Tech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-goes-around-voters-backs-signs-change-in-state-election-laws\/\" title=\"Governor sneaks behind voters, enacts new election laws.\">woke advertisers dictate<\/a> the\u200c content\u200c we share\u2062 with our community. 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Your support means we can continue to expose false narratives and defend \u2062traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please\u200b stand\u2064 with us by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post \u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-biden-pentagon-exposed-buying-russian-fuel-oil-evading-wartime-sanctions-report\/\">Bombshell: Biden Pentagon Exposed for Buying Russian Fuel Oil, Evading Wartime Sanctions &#8211; Report<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2064 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the specific details surrounding the accusation of the Biden Pentagon buying Russian \u2064fuel oil in defiance of sanctions?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d Ss=&#8221;note&#8221;>In this article, we will discuss the shocking \u2063revelation that the Biden Pentagon is accused of buying Russian fuel oil, defying \u200csanctions.\u2062 We will examine the details\u200c of the accusation,\u2062 the involvement of the Motor Oil Hellas refinery, and the response from the accused parties. We will also explore the implications of this scandal\u2062 for the Biden administration \u2063and its potential impact on the upcoming re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post recently published an expos\u00e9 accusing the\u200d Biden administration of allowing forbidden Russian oil to flow into the Pentagon \u2062supply chain. The report highlights two key issues: the collective ban on Russian oil imports\u2064 by the US and the European Union in response\u200c to Russia&#8217;s war with Ukraine, and the alleged failure of a Greek refinery to comply with these sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The Motor Oil Hellas refinery in Greece is at the center of the investigation. The company is accused of continuing to pump Russian petroleum despite the\u2063 2022 sanctions. The refinery allegedly rerouted the illegal product\u200d through an oil storage facility in Turkey to \u2063obscure Russia&#8217;s ownership of the oil. Additionally, the common practice\u2064 of mixing oil from various countries at refineries has \u200ballowed the proliferation of Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s investigation directly links Biden&#8217;s Pentagon to the compromised oil. Federal contracting data reveals that \u2063the\u2062 government entity signed nearly $1 billion worth of new contracts with Motor Oil\u200d Hellas since the sanctions were enacted. Furthermore, a million barrels of jet fuel from Motor Oil Hellas have been distributed to entities in Italy, France, Spain, and Britain, potentially implicating these countries in the purchase of sanctioned oil.<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests that the sanctioned oil was sold at a premium, as the sanctions imposed a price cap on\u2064 Russian oil. The fact that countries are not following through\u200b on the price cap allows Russia to sell its oil for more \u2064than it \u200cshould. A representative from the Pentagon Defense Logistics Agency claims to have no knowledge of banned Russian \u200cfuel being found\u200c at a contracted supplier, while Motor Oil Hellas vehemently denies the allegations, stating\u200c that all its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s explosive report questions the oversight of President Biden&#8217;s administration. Titled &#8220;Forbidden Russian oil infiltrates Pentagon supply chain,&#8221; it highlights two crucial concerns. The alarming expos\u00e9 sheds light on potential lapses in oversight and raises questions about the integrity of the supply chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2102906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2102906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}