Sanctions Push Russian LPG South, Not Offline

Russia’s LPG trade is doing exactly what sanctions usually force it to do: rerouting, not retreating. New data from industry sources shows Russia nearly doubled liquefied petroleum gas exports to Central Asia and Afghanistan in the first eleven months of this year, sending just over 1 million metric tons into those markets. That surge pushed the region’s share of Russian LPG exports to roughly 36 percent, up from 19 percent a year earlier, after the EU imposed restrictions on Russian LPG imports in December 2024. It sounds dramatic,…