Remote work. Archival photoMOSCOW, 25 Jun. The French will have to return to remote work in order to survive the coming winter in the face of reduced Russian gas supplies. This opinion was expressed by BFM TV economic observer Stéphane Pedrazzi. Earlier, French Minister of Energy Transformation Agnès Pannier-Runachet said that Russian gas imports have been reduced, but not stopped. individual housing may spend more energy than heating and lighting one place of work. However, there is an example of a quarantine, when consumption (electricity — Ed.) decreased by five percent,» the expert said. Other options are also being considered. In particular, the possibility of shifting working hours is being explored to even out peak workloads in the mornings and evenings. In addition, the option of reorganizing industries that consume large amounts of energy in order to reduce them is not ruled out. Pedrazzi warned that the threat of gas shortages is quite real. «Obviously, this is true, even if the government does not advertise it,» he said. Russian Dmitry Peskov said that the reduction in gas supplies to a number of European countries is due to the fact that Siemens turbines that were used to supply gas to Nord Stream are not returning from repairs, there is nothing deliberate on the Russian side. According to him, these are the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions and problems that «are not connected with us.» Peskov has repeatedly said that Russia has never used gas supplies to punish anyone, but sells fuel solely in its own interests, to increase the well-being of Russians and on a commercial basis.
