俄罗斯石油公司越来越多地转向比特币和Tether的USDT等加密货币，以促进与中国和印度的国际贸易。

根据路透社的报告，这种转变是对正在进行的国际制裁的回应。

As international sanctions continue to affect Russian companies, they are increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Tether’s USDT to facilitate international trade with China and India, sources told Reuters.

消息人士告诉路透社，随着国际制裁继续影响俄罗斯公司，他们越来越多地转向比特币和Tether的USDT等加密货币，以促进与中国和印度的国际贸易。

The report, published on March 14, adds that the Russian oil companies are using the crypto assets to process payments in transactions with major Asian buyers.

该报告于3月14日发表，并补充说，俄罗斯石油公司正在使用加密货币资产来处理与亚洲主要买家交易的付款。

One oil trader is reportedly carrying out monthly transactions worth tens of millions of dollars using digital assets, as confirmed by a source who requested anonymity due to a non-disclosure agreement.

据报道，使用数字资产的一名石油交易员正在每月进行价值数千万美元的每月交易，这是一位因未披露协议而要求匿名的消息人士确认。

Late last year, the Russian finance minister publicly stated that the country is open to using assets like Bitcoin for foreign trade. However, the specific use of cryptocurrencies in oil transactions with China and India has not been previously reported.

去年年底，俄罗斯财政部长公开表示，该国开放，使用像比特币这样的资产进行外贸。但是，以前没有报道过与中国和印度的石油交易中的加密货币的特定使用。

Although this practice constitutes a small portion of Russia’s $192 billion oil trade, sources described it as a growing trend. A typical transaction, according to two sources, involves a Chinese buyer paying a middleman in yuan, who then converts the funds into cryptocurrency.

尽管这种做法占俄罗斯1920亿美元石油贸易的一小部分，但消息来源称其为增长的趋势。根据两个消息来源，一项典型的交易涉及中国买家在Yuan支付一名中间商，然后将资金转换为加密货币。

Intermediaries facilitating transactions

中介机构促进交易

Reuters explained that Russia’s foreign oil trade in crypto involves intermediaries managing offshore accounts and facilitating transactions in the buyer’s local currency. In one instance, a Chinese buyer of Russian oil pays a trading company acting as a middleman in yuan into an offshore account.

路透社解释说，俄罗斯在加密货币中的外国石油贸易涉及管理离岸帐户的中介，并促进买方当地货币的交易。在一个例子中，俄罗斯石油公司的中国买家向一家在元里担任中间人的贸易公司向离岸账户付款。

This trading company, which holds a license in a third-party country and is not subject to U.S. sanctions, then converts the yuan into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Tether’s USDT for onward transfer to a Russian company’s account.

这家贸易公司在第三方国家持有许可，不受美国的制裁，然后将人民币转换为比特币和Tether的USDT等加密货币，以继续转移到俄罗斯公司的帐户。

“The transactions are typically carried out in a third-party currency, such as the Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, or a cryptocurrency,” another source said.

另一位消息人士说：“交易通常是以第三方货币进行的，例如中国人民币，印度卢比或加密货币。”

Russia is not the only nation to be using digital assets for oil trade or to circumvent Western sanctions. Both Iran and Venezuela have also turned to cryptocurrencies to facilitate transactions and reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar, the dominant currency in global oil markets.

俄罗斯并不是唯一一个使用数字资产进行石油贸易或规避西方制裁的国家。伊朗和委内瑞拉都已经转向加密货币，以促进交易并减少对美元的依赖，这是全球石油市场中的主要货币。

Venezuela, in particular, increased its use of digital currencies after the U.S. reimposed sanctions on the South American nation, making it harder for the country’s oil traders to conduct transactions in dollars.

委内瑞拉特别是在美国对南美国家重新实施制裁后，增加了对数字货币的使用，这使得该国的石油贸易商更难以美元进行交易。