DNA: Europe will face an energy catastrophe in case of sanctions against Russia

MOSCOW, Jan 31. Europe will face a serious energy crisis in the event of tough sanctions against Russia, Amit Bansal, an expert at the Indian newspaper Daily News and Analysis, predicts. fuel from this country,” the author noted. According to the observer, the introduction of restrictions by Brussels will lead to the fact that the states of the region will have to buy expensive raw materials from the Middle East and deliver them by tankers. This, according to Bansal, will turn into a real headache for the EU. Any such actions against Russia would undermine the energy security of the whole of Europe, he argues. Among the possible instruments of pressure on Moscow, the article mentions the disconnection from SWIFT. As the columnist clarified, this measure will not only have no effect, but will also encourage many other countries to look for alternative payment systems. China has already begun to prepare for such a scenario, and it is possible that Russia will join it, the specialist concluded. In recent months, Western media have been increasingly publishing reports that Moscow is preparing a «strike» against Ukraine. At the same time, Kiev does not note any prerequisites for the escalation of the conflict. As President of the country Volodymyr Zelensky said, the situation is deliberately escalated and negatively affects the economy of the republic. Russia has repeatedly refuted allegations of an «invasion» into a neighboring state. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin called such publications malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, noted that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people. sanctions against Russia