Shippers can earn around $1.6m hauling Russian ESPO oil on a small tanker from the eastern port of Kozmino to China, said shipbrokers.
The vote is set to take place on Wednesday.
With Lysychansk under its control, Russia is switching its focus further west into Donetsk, intensifying shelling of the region, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ramaphosa also said the court had not established that he bore any legal duty in relation to the Marikana tragedy or that he was the…