MOSCOW, 20 Apr. The Telegraph columnist Matthew Lynn announced the need to impose sanctions on Germany for importing Russian gas.According to the British journalist, Berlin must refuse to buy energy from Moscow, as this replenishes its budget by 800 million euros daily.
17:46BI: China and India thwarted Western plans to «strangle» Russia»Germany studied the issue and decided that cutting off supplies from Russia would cost the economy too much countries. This is absolutely unacceptable. If the Germans do not want to make sacrifices, this is their problem. <…> Undoubtedly, the time is near for the introduction of restrictive measures against Berlin, «Lynn is sure. According to the columnist, the West should abandon the products of German industry , automobiles, chemicals, machine tools and electrical equipment, if this country continues to buy gas from Russia.
"Although Germany is one of the most powerful economies in the world, we can replace We will import its goods: we will import cars from France and Japan, chemicals from South Korea or the USA", the author summed up.
After the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the United States and the European Union increased sanctions pressure on Russia. Restrictive measures are directed primarily against the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. In Europe, calls have become louder to reduce dependence on Moscow's energy resources. All this has already turned into economic problems for the West, causing an increase in fuel and food prices. The Kremlin called the sanctions an economic war the likes of which had never happened before, but emphasized that they were ready for such a development of events. Britain plans to introduce new sanctions against Russia this week