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Russia is now sending nearly 90% of its oil to Asia as EU sanctions divert crude flows 

Europe's sanctions have halted nearly all crude imports from Russia, and most of it is heading to China and India. Russia is diverting most of that crude to Asia, with 89% of all Russian shipments — about 3 million barrels a day — heading there in the week ending December 9, according to Bloomberg. European nations took in approximately half of Russia's crude supplies before the war in Ukraine began, but that's all but halted, with the exception of a small volume of imports to Bulgaria.