Freight trains at the Borzya junction station on the Southern Passage of the Trans-Baikal RailwayMOSCOW, July 26 > EU countries have doubled coal purchases in Kazakhstan, Kommersant writes, citing Eurostat data. As the newspaper notes, this growth occurs against the background of the entry into force of the European embargo on the supply of Russian coal in August, adopted along with restrictions on the purchase of oil «In the period from January to May, Kazakhstan supplied one and a half million tons of coal to the EU countries, which is almost twice as much as in the whole of 2021. If in January and February, the volume of deliveries was about 140-200 thousand tons, then after the start of Russia's special operation on To Ukraine, Kazakhstan sends 300,000-400,000 tons to the EU every month. At the same time, for example, a year ago, in April and May, exports of Kazakh coal to Europe amounted to only 60,000-70,000 tons. supplied The coal transported from Kazakhstan to the European Union is transited through Russia. After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure on Moscow: Russian assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars were frozen, banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system, many brands left the country. The European Union has adopted seven packages of sanctions, including an embargo on coal and oil. All this has already turned into problems for the West itself, provoking a sharp increase in inflation and prices for food and gasoline. Russia before the embargo
