Gas compressor station. File photoDOHA, May 31.Lithuania is not afraid of cutting off hydrocarbon supplies from Russia, it is able to find alternative sources of Russian gas, Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte said. «We are not afraid of stopping oil and gas supplies from Russia, we export oil by sea, not through pipelines, we there is no problem finding alternative sources of gas, we made the decision to look for them back in 2010,» Shimonyte told Al Jazeera TV channel. >May 21, 09:30 InfographicEurope and Russian gas: growing dependence and consumption patternsInfographicViewThe European Commission in March proposed the development of a special plan for the European Union, which could reduce by two-thirds — that is, by about 100 billion cubic meters — the demand for Russian gas in 2022.President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. According to him, Russia is not going to isolate itself, it cannot be strictly isolated in the modern world. The rejection of Russian oil and gas will entail enormous consequences for the European and world economies, said Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the department for economic cooperation at the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to him, Europe is very dependent on Russian gas and oil. Even if it moves to total savings, finds suppliers in other regions of the world and switches to renewable energy sources, «in the most ideal scenario» it will be able to replace only 80% of energy resources, he said. The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that it has never used energy resources as a «weapon».
