Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisikhombisa izijeziso ezibekwe yi-US neYurophu zenze kwaba nzima ukuthumela insimbi yaseRussia kwamanye amazwe, ukugeleza kokuhweba ukuze kuhlinzekwe imakethe yensimbi yomhlaba wonke kuyashintsha. Njengamanje, imakethe ihlukaniswe ngezigaba ezimbili, imakethe yezinhlobo entengo ephansi (ikakhulukazi insimbi yaseRussia) kanye nemakethe yezinhlobo entengo ephezulu (akukho noma inani elincane lemakethe yensimbi yaseRussia).

Okuphawulekayo ukuthi, naphezu kwezijeziso zaseYurophu ngensimbi yaseRussia, ukungeniswa kwensimbi yengulube yaseRussia eYurophu kukhuphuke ngo-250% ngonyaka kwikota yesibili ka-2022, futhi iYurophu isengumthengisi omkhulu wezinto eziqediwe zaseRashiya, phakathi kwazo iBelgium ingenisa kakhulu, ingenisa amathani angu-660,000 kwikota yesibili, okwenza kube ngu-52% wenani eliphelele lezinto eziqediwe eYurophu. Futhi iYurophu izoqhubeka nokungenisa isuka eRussia esikhathini esizayo, njengoba kungekho zijeziso ezithile ezintweni eziqediwe zaseRashiya. Kodwa-ke, i-United States kusukela ngoMeyi yaqala ukumisa ukungeniswa kweplate yaseRussia, ukungeniswa kweplate kwikota yesibili kwehle cishe ngo-95% unyaka nonyaka. Ngakho-ke, iYurophu ingaba yimakethe yeshedi lentengo ephansi, kanti i-United States ngenxa yokuncipha kokutholakala kweRussia, iba yimakethe yeshedi lentengo ephezulu.