Georgia becomes heavily dependent on Russian oil amid soaring imports

Georgia has become increasingly dependent on Russian oil, with preliminary data from the National Statistics Office (Sakstat) revealing that, from January to November 2025, the country imported 658,000 tons of petroleum products from Russia, valued at over $456 million.

This accounts for 40% of Georgia’s total import volume, Newsgeorgia reports.

In addition to refined petroleum products, Georgia imported 96,000 tons of “petroleum products and other gaseous hydrocarbons” from Russia, worth $160.9 million.

Crude oil imports have also seen a dramatic increase. Between January and November 2025, Georgia imported 137,000 tons of crude oil, valued at more than $62 million. By contrast, the total crude oil imports for all of 2024 amounted to only 10,500 tons, worth $5.8 million—a thirteenfold increase in under a year. Notably, 97% of Georgia’s crude oil imports in 2025 originated from Russia, totaling 133,600 tons valued at $60.4 million.

By Vafa Guliyeva