So much for Russia flogging their Gas and Oil to China instead of the West, sales of Oil have dropped again as Russia loses out to Saudi as their main oil supplier.
https://uawire.org/china-reduces-imp...f-russian-oil#
During the year, Russian oil companies sold 79.64 million tons of oil to Chinese customers, which is 4.5% less than a year earlier. The volume of supplies shrank to the levels of 2 years ago: in 2020, Russia exported 83.57 million tons to China, in 2019 - 77.7 million tons.
According to statistics, China has replaced Russian oil with imports of Middle Eastern grades.