Euro banknotes and coins. Archival photoMOSCOW, 22 Apr. Germany this year will pay record amounts for gas and oil from Russia. The relevant information was spread by Deutsche Wirschafts Nachrichten. Germany's spending on Russian oil threatens to grow from 11.4 billion euros to 14.3 billion euros. The gas import bill could double from 8.8 billion euros last year to 17.6 billion euros in 2022. In addition, according to the study, about 2 billion euros will have to be paid for Russian coal. Germans are panicking German residents are alarmed by the authorities' plans to abandon Russian gas imports, writes the British edition of the Financial Times. As noted in the material, talk of a complete embargo is sowing panic among Germans since before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Moscow's share in this market was 55 percent. Any sudden shutdown of gas could paralyze a significant part of the country's industry, German business representatives predict. The embargo on Russian raw materials will have the most negative impact not only on industrial giants, but also on small companies.
Media: Germans have become poorer due to rising energy pricesThe Handelsblatt newspaper, in turn, writes that the embargo on Russian energy supplies to Germany carries huge risks for German business, and small and medium-sized enterprises will suffer especially from such a decision.According to the results of the survey conducted by the association of small and medium-sized businesses ZGV, a significant part of these companies did not enter into long-term contracts for the supply of energy, the publication indicates. Thus, only two percent of the 42,000 surveyed companies announced contracts for a period of more than three years. According to Handelsblatt, the survey results show that the embargo on the supply of Russian energy carriers carries huge risks for German business, small and medium-sized enterprises are especially dependent on supplies. . According to a ZGV survey, 47% of these companies use gas as their main source of energy, and 16% use oil. Gas prices and the situation in Ukraine for a special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine. Nevertheless, calls continue to be heard in Europe to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources. In Berlin, they expect to stop importing coal and oil by the end of 2022, and by mid-2024 from gas. At the beginning of the year, Germany received almost 55 percent of its natural gas imports from Russia, now this share has been reduced to 40 percent. washing for the sake of fighting RussiaRussia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, the Armed Forces have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.
