Gascade gas compressor station in Eisleben. File photoMOSCOW, April 12The head of the German chemical company Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen, Wolfgang Eisenberg, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that most of the world does not participate in sanctions against Russia, so the restrictions are useless. The head of the company opposed the idea of imposing an embargo on Russian gas supplies, since, in his opinion, this will not affect the special military operation in Ukraine in any way. «Because most of the world is simply not participating in the sanctions. India is happy that it can get oil at a discount price. Is this really a solution? Also, we should not weaken ourselves with sanctions more than Vladimir Putin. But this is exactly what we would have done under the gas embargo,» Eisenberg said. percent, and cut sales and jobs.
In Germany, they called the minimum period of dependence on Russian gas «When gas supplies are stopped, we are threatened with the collapse of entire production chains with fatal economic and social consequences,» the interlocutor concluded. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. In response, Western countries imposed large-scale sanctions against Moscow, which primarily affected the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. Individual brands have announced they will stop operating in the country.
Germany warns of devastating gas shortagesThe Kremlin called these measures an economic war the likes of which has never been seen before It was. The authorities stressed their readiness for such a development of events and assured that they would continue to fulfill social obligations. The Bank of Russia is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market. The authorities also announced the transfer of payments for gas supplies to unfriendly countries into rubles. In addition, the government has prepared a plan to counter restrictive measures, which includes about a hundred initiatives. Its financing will amount to about a trillion rubles. At the same time, Europe was faced with rising fuel prices and food inflation caused by it, which caused dissatisfaction among the citizens of some EU countries. » />For the sake of victory over Russia, Germany puts its economy on the line
