Sacrifice Zone: How Europe’s Hunt for Non-Russian Oil Poisons Kazakhstan’s Caspian Coast
In 2025, one in every eight barrels of oil imported into Italy came from Kazakhstan. Starting in Atyrau, we traced...

Teresa Di Mauro is an Italian independent journalist working across the Mediterranean, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. She has contributed to Radio Télévision Suisse (RSI), Internazionale, Meduza, and L’Espresso, among others. In 2023, her video investigation The Gas Propaganda was shortlisted for the Roberto Morrione Award for Investigative Journalism and received a special mention at the international film festival Life After Oil.
In 2025, one in every eight barrels of oil imported into Italy came from Kazakhstan. Starting in Atyrau, we traced...
