Ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ngemuva kwezijeziso ezibekwe yi-US kanye ne-Europe zenze kwaba nzima ukuthumela insimbi yaseRussia ngaphandle, ukuhamba kohwebo ukuze kuhlinzekwe imakethe yensimbi yomhlaba kuyashintsha.Njengamanje, imakethe ihlukaniswe yaba izigaba ezimbili, imakethe yamanani aphansi ahlukahlukene (ikakhulukazi insimbi yaseRussia) kanye nemakethe yamanani aphezulu ahlukahlukene (cha noma inani elincane lemakethe yensimbi yaseRussia).

Ngokuphawulekayo, naphezu kwezigwegwe zaseYurophu ngensimbi yaseRussia, ukungeniswa kwe-Europe yensimbi yengulube yaseRussia kwanda ngo-250% ngonyaka engxenyeni yesibili ye-2022, futhi iYurophu isengumthengisi omkhulu kakhulu wezinto zaseRussia eziphelile, phakathi kwazo iBelgium ingenisa kakhulu, ingenise amathani ayizi-660,000 ngekota yesibili, okubalelwa ku-52% yenani eliphelele lempahla eseziqediwe e-Europe.Futhi iYurophu izoqhubeka nokungenisa isuka eRussia ngokuzayo, ngoba azikho unswinyo oluqondile ezintweni zaseRussia eziqediwe kancane.Kodwa-ke, i-United States kusukela ngoMeyi yaqala ukumisa ukungeniswa kwepuleti laseRussia, ukuthengiswa kwamapuleti engxenyeni yesibili kwehle cishe ngama-95% unyaka nonyaka.Ngakho-ke, iYurophu ingase ibe imakethe yeshidi lamanani aphansi, futhi i-United States ngenxa yokunciphisa ukunikezwa kweRussia, ibe imakethe yeshidi lamanani aphezulu.