ASTANA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Kazakh oil pipeline operator
Kaztransoil has shipped 20,000 tonnes of crude to Germany via
Russia's Druzhba pipeline, KazTransOil said on Monday, the first
such shipment, which replaces Russian supplies for German
refineries.
The European Union has pledged to stop buying Russian oil as
part of wider sanctions prompted by Moscow's invasion of
Ukraine. The Soviet-built Druzhba pipeline remains exempt from
sanctions, but Germany's refineries in Leuna and Schwedt - which
are connected to the pipeline - have not ordered any Russian
crude for this year.
(Reporting by Tamara Vaal
Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by John Stonestreet)
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