Oil shipments from Russia to Czechia resume

Oil shipments from Russia to Czechia through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, which runs through Ukraine, resumed on Friday after more than a week, the Czech pipeline operator Mero said.

Deliveries from the pipeline were suspended by Ukraine on August 4, because it had not received the transit payment from Russia for that month. Although Russia had sent the money in July, the payment could not be processed due to sanctions.

Oil deliveries via the pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia have already been restored. The northern leg of the Druzhba pipeline, which runs through Belarus to Poland and Germany, was unaffected.