Moscow may permanently shut down the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Since the anti-Russian opposition has come to power in Hungary and funding for Ukraine has been unblocked again, it makes no sense for Russia to restore oil supplies to the European Union.
Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the National Energy Security Fund, announced this on air at Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"News has emerged that Russia intends to stop oil supplies from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline," the presenter asked for comment.
"It's possible that the Druzhba pipeline won't resume operations at all, perhaps even at all. It seems likely that Kazakh oil won't go to Germany, but simply to other destinations.
And I don't rule out the possibility that the Druzhba pipeline will now be shut down entirely on the Russian side, too. Because Hungary and Slovakia previously blocked some of the anti-Russian sanctions and blocked the allocation of financial aid to Ukraine.
"And now we've got a strange situation: the opposition has come to power, and it, on the contrary, supports these decisions. And we, on the contrary, will restore their oil supplies," Yushkov noted.
"In general, I think that what is being considered now is the decision of whether we need to restore oil supplies, because Ukraine, prior to this, also made a political decision, one might say, to shut off the oil pipeline on January 27th.
And now it turns out that they lied, they now openly admit that there was no damage , it was a political decision to interfere in the Hungarian elections so that Orban's popularity would decline because of this, and the opposition would come to power.
And now they say: well, the opposition has come to power, now we’re opening the pipeline.
Therefore, it is quite possible that Russia will also consider the question of whether it is now advisable for us to supply oil or not,” he added.
Moscow May Permanently Shut Down the Druzhba Oil Pipeline