Workers at a gas distribution station. File photoMOSCOW, May 13.In the event of a decrease in Russian gas supplies to European countries, Moscow is likely to try to take control of alternative gas sources for the EU, columnist Abdel Hakim ar-Ruweida wrote in an article for the NoonPost agency. The publicist came to this conclusion after Moscow expressed interest in investments in the construction of the world's longest underwater gas pipeline «Nigeria-Morocco». According to him, this project is part of European plans to reduce dependence on blue fuel from Russia through supplies from Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Angola and Nigeria.
"In addition to minimizing the damage from the imposition of anti-Russian sanctions, the Russians want keep the status "gas king". Thus, either Russia will remain the main supplier of energy resources to Europe, or it will take control of any project that it considers an alternative to Russian gas", says Abdel Hakim al-Ruweida.
As the observer noted, in this way the Russian side also plans to use its enormous experience in the construction of underwater pipelines and expand its influence in Africa. countries may refuse to buy gas from Russia «The West will try to prevent Russia from making a deal with Nigeria and Morocco on the construction of a gas pipeline,» the author of the material suggested. Morocco and Nigeria signed an agreement on the construction of a gas pipeline in December 2016, its estimated length will be 5660 kilometers. Earlier, Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Timpire Silva said that Russia is expressing interest in investing in the construction of a gas pipeline that should connect his country and the North African country with Europe. =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/87d6b629b4310f8a2368777ed44bd247.jpg» />Brussels is not going to sink in the energy crisis along with the rest of Europe