Gas compressor stationMOSCOW, 12 May. The EU countries will need 195 billion euros in the next five years to get rid of energy dependence on Russia, writes the Financial Times. Such a budget is included in the accelerated energy transition project prepared by the European Commission. It notes that a quick rejection of Russian energy resources is possible only through a reorientation to clean energy. To do this, European countries will have to reduce energy consumption by 13 percent by 2030 instead of the planned nine. This is supposed to be done by increasing energy efficiency, the material says. In addition, it is expected that Europe will begin to actively use green hydrogen in the next eight years — up to 20 million tons per year, most of which will be imported. According to the FT, the document will be officially presented on May 18. After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, Western countries stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Calls to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources have become louder in Europe. The European Union has already introduced five packages of sanctions and is now discussing the sixth, which will include an embargo on Russian oil. The Kremlin has called these measures an economic war like no other. As President Vladimir Putin noted, sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy, and the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. According to him, the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West both in politics and in the economy.
