More than three years after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the world remains addicted to Russian oil. The latest figures from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) show that the EU is now the fourth-largest buyer of Russian energy — behind China, India, and Türkiye — down from second at the start of the war. India, in particular, has received criticism from the EU as well as disproportionately harsh financial penalties from the Trump Administration, despite buying less than China. Who is really funding Putin’s war machine? Is the EU doing enough to tackle its own demand? And do the smaller, yet still significant, purchases by US partners South Korea, Japan and Taiwan make them vulnerable to coercion? In this episode, we discuss Russia’s energy exports, the Ukraine war, and what it might mean for a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
*Recorded on October 21, 2025 at 3pm Taiwan Standard Time
Host: Yin Khvat
Our guests:
Raymond Sung
- Prospect Foundation Vice President
Sana Hashmi
- Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Fellow
Marcin Jerzewski
- European Values Center for Security Policy Taiwan Office Head
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