Silvio Berlusconi. File photoROME, Aug 19 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the Italy Forward party, says Italy should cut off Russian gas before Russia can decide to stop gas supplies to the Apennines .After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia. Calls to abandon Russian energy sources have become louder. The disruption of supply chains has driven up fuel, electricity and food prices in Europe and the US.The Bundestag advocated the launch of Nord Stream 2. Berlusconi, answering the question whether he supports the call of the Democratic Party and the Brothers of Italy party to the government to stop gas supplies from Russia, said: «Of course, provided that during this time there will be conditions have been created for alternative supplies. «According to Berlusconi, Italy needs terminals for the processing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and plants for the production of energy from waste.» (Provided) that there will be investments in renewable energy sources … Which, at least, will research in the field of clean nuclear energy has been resumed. Then we will be able to end dependence, which gives us obvious problems,» Berlusconi said in an interview with il Foglio. gas imported from the Russian Federation. At the initiative of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, concrete steps were taken and new agreements were signed to diversify energy sources and, in particular, increase gas supplies from Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Republic of the Congo and a number of other countries. In early August, Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Chingolani announced that the share of Russian gas supplies had been reduced from 40% to 15%. Earlier, he said that, taking into account the savings in consumption and the receipt of new energy resources, Italy will be completely independent of gas supplies from the Russian Federation in the second half of 2024. Russia became the second largest supplier of gas to Spain in June, media write
