In advance of Russia’s June 1 bans on energy sales to Ukraine, Moscow is already barring Kazakhstan’s state railway from sending liquefied petroleum gas and coal through Russia to Ukraine

In advance of Russia’s June 1 bans on energy sales to Ukraine, Moscow is already barring Kazakhstan’s state railway from sending liquefied petroleum gas and coal through Russia to Ukraine, Reuters reports. Last year, Kazakhstan supplied 15% of Ukraine imports of LPG, gases used for heating, refrigerants and aeroseol propellants. Russia’s transit ban hits the major supplier, Tengizchevroil, owned by Chevron, ExxonMobil, LUKOIL and KazMunayGaz. Last year, Kazakhstan also shipped 455,000 tons of coal to Ukraine. Sergey Fedorenko, commercial director of UkrGasVydobuvannya, writes on Facebook: “Deliveries of the largest liquefied natural gas producer in Kazakhstan have been stopped to Ukraine.”