Germany flagMOSCOW, 20 Mar. German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has urged Germans to eat less meat to fight Russia, which he says is using food supplies as a weapon. According to him, you need to «shop consciously and throw away less food.»< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1beb79c4f46d840f279ee4eaaacdee2a.jpg" />Useful for yourself. Why Russia has banned the export of grain and sugar In an interview with Spiegel magazine, Ozdemir answered yes to the publication's question about whether Russia uses food supplies as a weapon. «Obviously, this is so,» said the minister, who convinced Russia to «use its export power.» Call for less heating of housingEarlier, the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommended that Europeans reduce heating of homes, in order to help reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas. Thus, in its ten-point plan developed for the European Union, the IEA writes: «Encourage temporary adjustment of the thermostat by consumers.» The average temperature in homes in EU countries is now above 22 degrees Celsius, the agency said. «Adjusting heating in homes can immediately reduce annual gas demand by ten billion cubic meters per degree, while also reducing energy bills,» the document says. The agency urged local authorities to inform the public about similar initiatives.
In Germany, they predicted the impoverishment of the Germans due to sanctions against Russia. According to the IEA, Europe in 2021 imported about 155 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia, including LNG. Of these, Gazprom's pipeline gas accounted for 140 billion cubic meters. Russian gas accounted for 45 percent of Europe's gas imports and its share of the overall European market was 40 percent.Special military operationRussia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. Western countries have introduced new anti-Russian sanctions, including against Russian banks and enterprises. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the country. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Moscow did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it. As Vladimir Putin pointed out, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. — the association opposed the severance of relations with Russia
