German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. File photoMOSCOW, 20 Oct. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of the risks of capping oil and gas prices, writes Welt.
«A politically set price ceiling always comes with the risk that producers will then sell their gas elsewhere and end up with less gas for us Europeans,» he acknowledged. 
Spending the last: Europe unsealed winter gas reservesThe chancellor said the EU should closely coordinate its actions with other major gas consumers such as Japan and Korea not to compete with each other. «I am convinced that the United States, Canada and Norway, which are in solidarity with us regarding Ukraine, are interested in keeping energy in Europe affordable,» Scholz concluded. Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said about the need to set a price ceiling for Russian gas . According to her, this will slow down the rise in electricity prices. However, the energy ministers of the EU countries could not agree on the introduction of such a measure — as Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said, «several large, strong European countries» were against it. President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the idea of limiting prices, noted that Russia would not supply anything for frontier if it would be contrary to its interests. The head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, for his part, said that such unilateral steps by the EU would be a violation of the essential terms of the contract, and this entails the cessation of supplies.
Miller doubts that Europe will have enough gas for the winter