Exclusive-Russia to halt Kazakhstan's oil flows to Germany via Druzhba, sources say

By Gleb Bryanski

Tue, April 21, 2026 astatine 4:52 AM CDT 1 min read

By Gleb Bryanski

MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Russia is acceptable to halt lipid exports from Kazakhstan to Germany via ‌the Druzhba pipeline starting from May 1, 3 manufacture ‌sources said connected Tuesday.

The sources, who spoke to Reuters connected information of anonymity, ​said that the adjusted lipid exporting docket has been sent to Kazakhstan and Germany.

Russia's governmental and concern relations with Germany person been frayed implicit the struggle successful Ukraine, with Berlin supporting Kyiv.

Russia's ‌energy ministry did not ⁠immediately reply to a petition for comment. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said helium was not alert of ⁠a determination to halt the lipid exports.

"We volition effort to cheque it," Peskov told reporters connected a regular league call.

Germany placed ​the section ​units of Russia's largest lipid ​producer Rosneft nether trusteeship successful ‌2022 upending Berlin's decades-long vigor ties with Russia.

Kazakhstan's lipid exports to Germany via Russia's Druzhba pipeline totalled 2.146 cardinal metric tons, oregon astir 43,000 barrels per day, successful 2025, an summation of 44% from 2024.

Kazakhstan supplies lipid to Germany via the bluish ‌spur of Druzhba, which traverses Poland.

Supplies ​have been repeatedly interrupted by Ukrainian ​drone attacks connected the ​pipeline successful Russia.

Germany's PCK refinery - 1 of the ‌country's largest - successful the northeastern ​town of Schwedt ​is supplied successful portion by Kazakh crude transported via the pipeline, aft a halt to Russian lipid deliveries aft ​the commencement of the ‌conflict successful Ukraine successful 2022.

(Reporting by Gleb Bryanski; Additional ​reporting by Dmitry Antonov;Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by ​Jason Neely and Kirsten Donovan)