Workers at a gas distribution station. Archival photoBERLIN, May 2. Without gas imports from Russia, Germany will hardly last the next two winters, economic and industrial damage is expected, Leonard Birnbaum, head of the largest German energy concern E.ON, said in an interview with the FAZ newspaper.» Without Russian gas, we are unlikely to survive the next two winters — except perhaps due to the damage to our industry and economy. But then we will have no more steel or chemical industry, the consequences would be dramatic. So I can only warn against a gas embargo» , he said.
