Checking Maria Bartiromo's claim

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM

09:00AM TO 05:00PM REGISTRATION

ONLINE IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT

REQUIRED AS THE U.S. IMPOSES

SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

SAYS IT MAY NOW EASE

RESTRICTIONS ON OIL IMPORTS

FROM VENEZUELA. THE MOVE COMES

AMID CRITICISM THAT THE U.S.

RELIES TOO MUCH ON RUSSIAN OIL

ARE PAUL SPAY CHECKS IN ONE OF

THOSE CLAIMS FOR POLITIFACT?

JUST HOW MUCH DOES THE UNITED

STATES RELY ON RUSSIAN OIL?

WELL.

>> IF YOU WATCH FOX NEWS, YOU

MAY HAVE HEARD MARIA BARTIROMO

SAY IMPORTS HAVE GONE UP A LOT

IN RECENT MONTHS.

>> THEY'VE BEEN MAKING BILLIONS

IN THE BLACK MARKET AS PRICES

OF OIL SKYROCKET, RUSSIA AS

WELL. AND BY THE WAY, THE

UNITED STATES IS ALSO RELIANT

ON RUSSIAN OIL. WE'VE DOUBLED

OUR IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA IN THE

LAST YEAR.

>> HAS THE U.S. RELIANCE ON

RUSSIAN OIL REALLY DOUBLED?

NOT EXACTLY THE U.S. DID PIVOT

TO RUSSIAN OIL AFTER PLACE

SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELAN 2019

AND RUSSIA SOON BECAME THE

SECOND LARGEST IMPORTER TO THE

U.S. CANADA WAS NUMBER ONE.

WE REACHED OUT TO FOX. THEY

POINTED TO NUMBERS SHOWING THAT

IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL HAD

DOUBLED BETWEEN 2020 2021.

THIS CHART IS FROM THE U.S.

ENERGY INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATION. AND YOU CAN

SEE THERE IS A BIG SPIKE HERE.

HOWEVER, THE U.S. IMPORTS 2

TYPES OF RUSSIAN OIL CRUDE OIL

AND REFINED PRODUCTS LIKE

GASOLINE AND KEROSENE AND THE

BULK OF IMPORTS IS THOSE

REFINED PRODUCTS, NOT CRUDE.

SO WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK

AT ALL OIL IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA.

WE SEE THE INCREASE FROM 2020

TO 2021. WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT

28%. BUT NOT NEARLY AS BIG AS

BARTIROMO SAID. AND THAT'S WHAT

MAKES HER TIME.

>> MOSTLY FALSE.