Has Russia’s fuel crisis given Iranian oil an opening in Central Asia?
- Countries in Central Asia have begun buying oil from Iran as the Russian fuel supplies they have long depended on run dry amid Ukraine’s mounting attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to degrade Moscow’s war effort.
- In August, Tajikistan announced it was receiving oil and petroleum products from Iran as Dushanbe faces uncertainty over its fuel supply from Russia.
- Tehran also agreed to establish a joint refinery in Kyrgyzstan in August, and supply the country with crude oil.
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- Countries in Central Asia have begun buying oil from Iran as the Russian fuel supplies they have long depended on run dry amid Ukraine’s mounting attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to degrade Moscow’s war effort.
- In August, Tajikistan announced it was receiving oil and petroleum products from Iran as Dushanbe faces uncertainty over its fuel supply from Russia.
- Tehran also agreed to establish a joint refinery in Kyrgyzstan in August, and supply the country with crude oil.
Sources: Al Jazeera