From May 1, Russia will stop allowing Kazakh oil to flow to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline. This was stated by Alexander Novak, who is the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, according to the Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
The Kazakh oil goes to the PCK refinery near the German capital, Berlin. The refinery in the city of Schwedt supplies the majority of Berlin's jet fuel, gasoline and heating oil.
The Kazakh oil makes up about 17 percent of the refinery's supplies. The PCK refinery also receives oil via the port cities of Rostock and Gda?sk in Poland. Novak justifies the stoppage with the "technical possibilities" - and does not provide further explanations.
- From May 1, supplies of Kazakh oil, which were previously delivered to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline, will be redirected to other available routes, he tells reporters.
It was previously the Russian oil company Rosneft that operated the PCK refinery. But the German state has now seized PCK after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The war put an end to a long-standing energy cooperation between Germany and Russia.
Novak is asked at the press conference whether Germany will lose supplies now.
- The Germans have given up on Russian oil, so they are doing fine, he says.
Pipeline in question
The Druzhba pipeline has been the subject of much attention in recent weeks in another context. It has been at the center of a dispute between Ukraine and Hungary, which has blocked a 90 billion euro EU loan to Ukraine.
Supplies to Hungary and Slovakia via Ukraine have been closed since January, when Ukraine said the pipeline was hit by a Russian drone attack.
Hungary has accused Ukraine of delaying repairs. On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the pipeline had been repaired.
And on Wednesday, EU member states were able to give preliminary approval to the loan.
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