Former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 12.A possible embargo on Russian gas will lead to «very difficult times» in Germany, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said in an interview with RT. According to her, this opinion is shared German central bank and heads of large enterprises.
"The representatives of the central bank have a more cautious and wary position. They would say that a complete embargo on gas imports would entail, first of all, huge and guaranteed losses in the industry,» Kneissl said.
The diplomat predicts that the refusal to supply blue fuel from Russia will lead to mass layoffs of workers in the chemical industry, as well as to a recession much larger than economists predict. we will not be able to cope, very difficult times will follow,» the former head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry concluded. Since April 1, Russia began to accept payments from European countries for gas only in rubles after the imposition of sanctions due to the military operation in Ukraine. The importer must open in Gazprombank a special account to which funds will be transferred in the currency specified in the contract, the bank will sell this currency on the Moscow Exchange and credit rubles to the account of the gas buyer, from which settlements with the supplier will be made. In the European Union, in turn, back in March they started talking about the need reduce dependence on Russian supplies Last week, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the new package sanctions will include, among other things, a phased ban on the import of Russian oil. However, due to the position of Hungary and some other EU countries, it has not yet been agreed upon. Russian gas in rubles