Gascade gas compressor station in EislebenMOSCOW, 8 Jun. With the help of fuel sanctions, the EU countries would rather destroy their own economy and social balance than harm Russia. This was stated on the air of the Czech Radio Universum by Vladimir Shtepan, an analyst at ENAS, a member of the Institute of Energy and the expert group «Energy is not a luxury», the former head of the Czech Gas Company. According to Shtepan, even a complete halt in gas supplies to Europe will not have the desired in the West, a devastating effect for Moscow.Vučić described a «hellish» scenario for Europe without Russian gas «Russia will prosper. Its oil and gas revenues have increased five to six times. Moreover, you can supply one third or even half as much, since restrictions on Russian supplies of oil, gas, coal and everything else actually leads to the fact that the prices of these goods rise three to five times.Therefore, it is enough for Russians to sell a third or a half, and their income will be higher than under normal conditions when selling a hundred percent.So they are not afraid of anything. «, — the analyst explained. The Kremlin's retaliatory measures, forcing unfriendly states to pay for fuel in rubles, Shtepan refused to consider political, calling the issue of payment exclusively businesslike. «The Russians were afraid of one thing: to supply gas, but not receive money if the buyer pays in his Western European bank, and he would not transfer the payment to Russia.Only this was the problem.It was solved very quickly, when the firms realized that it was a purely administrative thing. «went» the German Uniper, which decided immediately. The Austrians followed him, and then other firms. Today, from a business point of view, this question is completely uninteresting. And the politicians keep discussing it…» the expert lamented.“Putin, press on the gas”: Turks admired Russia’s response to Western sanctions «, and another 50% goes through the TAL pipeline, the Ingolstadt oil pipeline through Germany from the Italian Trieste. Shtepan also emphasized the danger of a simultaneous refusal of oil and gas from Russia, which, among other things, is insisted on by activists and politicians who support the» green course «.
"This is the destruction of the Czech Republic. Literally the end. The end of everything, because we will not have LNG; Norwegian gas will always remain only on paper. I already know. We have no other sources. Where can we get gas from? The Germans don't have it. They would lose their "Nord Stream — 1", their 50 billion cubic meters, and they themselves would experience a shortage", the expert summed up.
Anti-Russian sanctionsAfter the start of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure to Moscow. Brussels is seriously considering giving up Russian oil and gas. Last week, EU permanent representatives approved the sixth package of sanctions, including an oil embargo, disconnection from SWIFT of Sberbank, two more Russian and one Belarusian banks. Hungary has stated that it will only agree to new anti-Russian sanctions if it is provided with guarantees of fuel supplies. As President Vladimir Putin noted, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for unfriendly countries, and the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
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