Since 2022, Taiwan’s purchases of Russian petroleum products have increased by nearly 500%, generating $1.7B in revenue for Russia. This amount would suffice to produce 170,000 Gerber drones, according to the Center for Energy Research and the Environmental Rights Fund. During this time, Taiwan has provided Ukraine with a total of $50M in bilateral aid. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began until June 2025, Taiwan imported 6.8 million tons of Russian naphtha worth $4.9B, accounting for 20% of Russia’s total petroleum exports. Compared to the first half of 2024, petroleum product imports have risen by 44% this year. In the first half of 2025, the island imported $1.3B worth of crude oil products from Russia, despite participating in sanctions targeting Moscow.
Additionally, India, despite US pressure, has only slightly reduced its Russian oil imports, with September imports at 1.61 million barrels per day versus 1.72 million in August – a 16% decrease year over year. Last year, Russia remained the US’s main nuclear reactor fuel supplier, providing 20% of the enriched uranium used in US nuclear reactors. In 2023, this figure was around 27%.