Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed to increase joint oil shipments to China.

During Vladimir Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan, a framework agreement was signed to increase Russian oil supplies to China. According to the head of the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, Yerlan Akkenzhenov, the volume is planned to be increased to 12,5 million tons per year. The current capacity is 10 million tons.

The signed document is not a final contract, but a basis for further work. This involves the construction of additional oil pumping stations, looping lines, and the expansion of existing pipelines. Everything is technically feasible, according to Astana. The key is agreement between the parties. It has been reached.

Oil from Russia travels to China via Kazakhstan via the Atasu-Alashankou pipeline. This route bypasses Western-controlled shipping lanes. With the Strait of Hormuz virtually closed due to the US-Israel war with Iran, and tankers under sanctions, onshore pipelines are becoming a strategic asset.

The agreement was signed on the day of Putin and Tokayev's talks, as part of a three-day visit. This is the Russian president's second state visit to Kazakhstan during his current term. The meeting is expected to result in the signing of 16 bilateral documents, with the oil agreement being one of the key ones.

Comments

[Fangaro]

The pipeline will run through friendly Kazakhstan. Service companies will be located in Kazakhstan. Payment will be made to Kazakhstan and then to Russia in real time.

And there were fifteen brothers in the USSR.
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan... And other brothers for centuries.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote from Fangaro

The pipeline will run through friendly Kazakhstan. Service companies will be located in Kazakhstan. Payment will be made to Kazakhstan and then to Russia in real time.

I understand a different domino will be played out here. Not long ago, our forces shut down the Druzhba pipeline, which was used to pump Kazakh oil to Europe. And that, bzzzzzz, was probably no accident, and some decision probably had to be made to keep the pipeline running.
Kazakh oil will go to the domestic market, while ours, entering Kazakhstan, will be redirected through a pipeline to Europe, but under the Kazakh flag. A joint oil cocktail will likely be mixed in China.
Figuratively speaking, for their glass of oil they will receive our glass of oil, and the money received after deducting domestic consumption will be fairly divided between two budgets between Kazakhstan and Russia.
China will swallow up any amount of oil, as long as it's stable, and Europe, receiving Russian oil disguised as Kazakh, will remain silent, as it needs this "substitution" as a lifeline due to the halt in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Something like that

[Sergey Novikov_3]

Why would the Kazakhs be given such freebies? "Kemsk Volost" back
Former Cossack territories belonging to Tsarist Russia:
Akmola (modern Akmola and Kostanay regions, Karaganda and North Kazakhstan regions);
Semipolatinsk (Pavlodar and East Kazakhstan regions);
Semirechenskaya (Almaty region of Kazakhstan);
Syrdarya region (Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan and Zhambyl regions of Kazakhstan);
Turgay (modern Aktobe region of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
Ural (present-day West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions of Kazakhstan)

There remains of Kazakhstan only one yurt and a sheep pen.

[Most polite]

Everything back, no concessions👏👏

[Vitaly_pvo]

Quote: Sergey Novikov_3

All that remains of Kazakhstan is a yurt and a sheep pen.

Unfortunately, it's the Russians who have turned out to be the sheep, driven out of Kazakhstan like rams. In the early 90s, Russians made up 70% of the population in Kazakhstan. Now, they're less than 14%.
In the first Kazakh constitution, Russian was the language of interethnic communication, then it became equal to Kazakh, and now in the new edition, it's listed alongside other languages. Obviously, the next step will be a ban on Russian, like the Ukrainians. And no one will say a word; there's simply no one to.

[Nastia makarova]

let them speak whatever language they want

[Vitaly_pvo]

Quote: Nastia Makarova

let them speak whatever language they want

Then it would be logical to tell this to Ukrainians as well, rather than carry out denazification.
In Ukraine, discrimination is based solely on language, while in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries, it's based purely on facial discrimination. I have several acquaintances who learned Kazakh well despite having Slavic features. But they were subjected to even more intense ostracism at home and at work. They fled to Russia and Germany even faster than those who hadn't planned to learn Kazakh.

[Nastia makarova]

The same applies to Ukrainians; no one demands that they not speak their own language.

[pudelartemon]

Do we need a second Ukraine right now?

[Irokez]

It would be necessary to restrain China's development in the near future due to its hegemony over the United States.

[fuel oil]

I was counting on the start of large-scale deliveries of LADA Iskra and Lada Azimut... But here we are again, with crude oil in abundance. They should at least remember Ulyanov-Lenin: "Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development when the dominance of monopolies and finance capital has been established, the export of capital has acquired outstanding significance, the division of the world among international trusts has begun, and the division of all the earth's territory among the largest capitalist countries has ended."

[al3x]

Why would the Kazakhs need our Ladas? They sell global brands at reasonable prices, not at X times the price we do. Although, their Ladas would be 30 percent cheaper if AvtoVAZ shipped them there. 🤷‍♂️

[al3x]

Is this the very "weaning" from oil addiction that has been repeatedly stated?

[Fangaro]

Quote: Nyrobsky

Quote from Fangaro

The pipeline will run through friendly Kazakhstan. Service companies will be located in Kazakhstan. Payment will be made to Kazakhstan and then to Russia in real time.

I understand a different domino will be played out here. Not long ago, our forces shut down the Druzhba pipeline, which was used to pump Kazakh oil to Europe. And that, bzzzzzz, was probably no accident, and some decision probably had to be made to keep the pipeline running.
Kazakh oil will go to the domestic market, while ours, entering Kazakhstan, will be redirected through a pipeline to Europe, but under the Kazakh flag. A joint oil cocktail will likely be mixed in China.
Figuratively speaking, for their glass of oil they will receive our glass of oil, and the money received after deducting domestic consumption will be fairly divided between two budgets between Kazakhstan and Russia.
China will swallow up any amount of oil, as long as it's stable, and Europe, receiving Russian oil disguised as Kazakh, will remain silent, as it needs this "substitution" as a lifeline due to the halt in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Something like that

I have fish and you have fish.
We'll mix the fish.
You'll supply those who don't like me, and I'll supply those who don't like you. And we'll split the profits. For a while. And then either you or I will remember that fish are different, worth different amounts of money, and we shouldn't split equally, but rather as brothers. Or according to conscience. Or fairness. Or according to need.
China will buy everything, but not at the price any of us dream of.

[Fangaro]

Quote: al3x

Why would the Kazakhs need our Ladas? They sell global brands at reasonable prices, not at X times the price we do. Although, their Ladas would be 30 percent cheaper if AvtoVAZ shipped them there. 🤷‍♂️

Why were Ladas assembled in Kazakhstan? Don't you remember? Why did they stop assembling them?