Russia is expected to halt the export of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline from May 1, three industry sources cited by Reuters reported.

According to the sources, the updated schedule for oil exports has already been sent to Kazakhstan and Germany.

There is currently no official confirmation from the Russian authorities or the affected countries.

The Druzhba pipeline, which starts in Russia, is one of the largest oil arteries in Europe, built in the 1960s, which supplies crude oil through two branches - via Ukraine and Belarus to countries such as Germany and Poland.

The branch through Ukraine suffered in the context of military actions between Moscow and Kyiv, which suspended the transit of oil to Hungary and Slovakia. The branch through Belarus and Poland remained unaffected by the military actions and through it pass oil supplies from Kazakhstan to Germany.

Following the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, most EU countries, including Germany, stopped direct imports of Russian oil. As a result, from 2023, Germany began to receive oil from Kazakhstan via the same pipeline, as an alternative to Russian supplies.

In 2025, supplies of Kazakh crude oil to Germany reached about 2.1 million tons.