Central Europe, due to its geographical location, cannot actually refuse oil supplies from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline. About this RIA Novosti declaration Analyst FG “Finam” Sergey Kaufman.
“Due to the lack of access to the sea, it is particularly difficult for consumers of Russian oil in Central Europe to refuse supplies from the Russian Federation, so they have not done this before and most likely will not do so now.” said Kaufman.
According to him, if the current geopolitical situation continues, Russia may lose these supplies. But this can only happen after a few years.
March 24, the newspaper Vedomosti cites two sources familiar with the statistics of the Russian Ministry of Energy WroteRussia’s oil supply to European countries through the Druzhba pipeline in February 2023 decreased threefold compared to February 2022 and amounted to 939.3 thousand tons.
Prior to that, Politico wrote that significant oil from Russia continues to enter the European Union (EU) market through intermediaries, an “open” backdoor for Russian fuel. Market experts agree that one of the possible routes for delivery to Europe is through Azerbaijan.