Russian Supplies Of Gas To Central Asia Up 20% In 2025

Supplies of Russian gas to consumers in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan) grew 20% in 2025, according to Alexei Miller, the Gazprom Management Board Chairman. He was speaking when summing up preliminary results for the year.

Miller stated that Gazprom continues to develop its cooperation with Central Asian countries. An agreement was signed to increase gas supplies to Kazakhstan in 2025-2026 on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

He said that “During 2025, our exports to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan also grew. And as a result of the current year, supplies of Russian gas to these three countries have grown 20%. These are very, very serious figures. Further increasing supplies in this direction is now on our agenda. In particular, we are negotiating the construction of gas transportation capacity and the supply of gas to Kazakhstan’s northeastern regions with our Kazakh friends. And we are focused on long-term cooperation, taking into account the growing gas needs in Central Asia. Central Asia possesses its own resources, but the high rates of economic development in this region require more of them. And we perfectly understand that in the medium term, Russian gas will be very much in demand there. We are already conducting such preparatory work at the present time, and not just preparatory work—as I have already said, we have begun to increase supplies at a fairly high pace.”

Uzbekistan became a net importer of natural gas in 2023. Supplies are carried out via the Central Asia-Center pipeline, which began operating in reverse mode. In 2023, Gazprom supplied 1.28 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Uzbekistan and 5.64 bcm in 2024. According to the Kazakh Energy Ministry, the transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan may grow to 6 bcm in 2025.

Kyrgyzstan currently consumes around 500 million cubic meters of gas per year. Long-term contracts for the supply of natural gas until 2040 have been signed with Gazprom for the future CHPP-2 and the Bishkek Selmash CHPP.

Gazprom participates in the gas supply to consumers in the West Kazakhstan, Kostanai, and Aktobe regions of Kazakhstan, with supplies of Russian gas increasing in accordance with the country’s growing needs. The gas infrastructure development of Kazakhstan’s northern regions is being worked on.

Central Asian economic growth has proven to be dynamic, with the region needing Russian energy to maintain this development. The World Bank predicts regional growth as follows: