Alexey Pushkov. File photoMOSCOW, May 2.Abandonment of Russian gas in the period 2022-2023 would be «madness» for Germany, Senator Alexei Pushkov expressed this opinion. 2022/05/963a91569d8106b8190f5e9da5e8c9aa.jpg» />Sanctions could harm the EU more than According to the prime minister of Greece, Pushkov suggested that this task is impossible at all, even by 2027, as stated by the European Union. «But, as for 2022-23, such a refusal would be madness for Germany. About which Der Spiegel quite rightly writes. It is this kind of analysis that I call «forced realism,» he summed up. shutdowns from gas industrial enterprises in the spring and summer. After the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Many countries have announced the freezing of Russian assets, and calls to abandon energy sources have become louder. Against this background, since April 1, Moscow began to accept payments for gas from unfriendly states in rubles in order to get away from settlements in dollars and euros. Vladimir Putin stressed that the refusal to conduct transactions in the Russian currency would be considered as a failure to fulfill obligations under contracts. Since April 27, Gazprom has suspended fuel exports to Bulgaria and Poland due to non-payment.
