Gas receiving station in Vecses, Hungary. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 28Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, the European Union has transferred 47 billion euros to Moscow for the supply of energy resources, according to the Turkish Anadolu agency. an embargo on oil and gas imports. «The EU pays Moscow every day $450 million for oil and $400 million for natural gas. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, more than 47 billion euros have been transferred to Moscow for energy supplies,» the article says.Turkish The observer explained that a possible embargo would raise prices and harm the EU and play into the hands of Russia, which would be able to sell oil and gas to the rest of the world at high prices. At the same time, in his opinion, it is not possible to provide all the needs of Europe with the help of LNG in the event of interruptions in the supply of Russian gas.Europe will have to increase gas supplies from Russia, the analyst said. «This situation also gives rise to a destructive perception that «the EU is financing Russia's actions against Ukraine,» Göniultash concluded. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said earlier that the European Union is unlikely to be able to completely replace Russian oil and gas in the next five to ten years, key players in the industry agree on this opinion. According to him, even the discussion of Europe's refusal of fuel from Russia is negative for the market, he immediately reacts to this. Novak noted that without Russian oil and gas, the world would collapse, and prices would become unpredictable. According to Dmitry Birichevsky, Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the rejection of Russian oil and gas would have enormous consequences for the European and global economy. He believes that even if Europe moves to total savings, finds suppliers in other regions of the world and switches to renewable energy sources, then in the most ideal scenario it will be able to replace only 80 percent of energy resources. ;
The President of Moldova stated that there is no alternative to Russian gas
