Russian oil imports to Czechia increase

In the first half of this year, Czechia imported around 65 percent of its oil from Russia, the highest proportion since at least 2012, a spokesperson for the state oil company Mero told the Czech News Agency on Monday. Last year the proportion was around 56 percent and in previous years it was even lower.

Czechia gets its oil from two main sources: from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline, and from Germany via the IKL pipeline, which connects to the Italian TAL pipeline. The EU banned Russian oil imports last year, but Czechia was granted an exemption when importing oil via the Druzhba pipeline.