New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- As regional economies boom and Europe fades, Russia's energy titan redirects pipelines eastward, fueling Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan while supercharging Power of Siberia to Beijing.

MOSCOW - Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy behemoth, has ramped up natural gas deliveries to Central Asia by a striking 20 percent in 2025, a move its chief executive hailed as a cornerstone of deepening regional ties amid Europe's long fade from Moscow's export maps. The surge, encompassing Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, underscores a broader pivot eastward, where booming economies outpace local production and pipelines from Siberia increasingly fill the gap. Gazprom's sanctions' shadow Central Asian push arri...