Moscow's statements on the cessation of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria show that it cannot be relied on
Moscow's position shows again that Russia cannot be relied on in the long run, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Wednesday (April 27th). According to DW
According to him, efforts to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies are on the agenda of official Berlin. “The sooner this happens, the better,” Hebeshtrait said.
Russia's Gazprom said it had cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on April 27. The reason: the Bulgarian gas company Bulgargas and the Polish state oil and gas company PGNiG did not pay for the supply of energy in rubles, as Russia wants. For their part, officials in Sofia and Warsaw have said they have fulfilled their commitments.
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Soon, however, it became known that gas supplies to Poland resumed after falling to zero on the same day. This is evidenced by the data of the network of gas transmission operators of the European Union. Will a clause on a full embargo on Russian gas be approved in the next Western sanctions package? Why has Europe become dependent on Russia? About this and other things in Mikhail Gonchar's article “ Europe in Russia's energy trap: how to overcome dependence? ”
