Putin warns Europe: What awaits you if you cut yourself off from Russian energy sources! – New time

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the possible adoption of energy sanctions in the form of a ban or renunciation of Russian oil, gas and coal imports would primarily affect the initiators of such steps, by lowering Europeans’ living standards and reducing the competitiveness of European economies. “Attempts by Western countries to crowd out Russian suppliers and replace our energy sources with alternative supplies will inevitably affect the entire world economy. The consequences of such a move can be very painful, primarily for the initiators of such a policy. What is most surprising about this is that the so-called partners from non-friendly countries themselves admit that they cannot do without Russian energy resources. Including natural gas, for example. Its rational exchange for Europe is simply lacking, “Putin said during an consultation with the oil and gas industry today,” according to Interfax. This will affect people’s living standards and the competitiveness of the European economy, “the Russian president warned. The European Union is considering relieving itself of dependence on Russia’s energy resources. They are financing Putin’s war against his homeland, which lasts for 50 days and is estimated to have claimed tens of thousands of lives, but Austria, which receives 80 percent of its natural gas from Russia, is opposed to an immediate end to Russian gas imports. Putin has criticized the Greens’ representative in the German government, who has called for a reduction in Russian gas supplies, and said they were prepared to forget carbon footprint, which until recently they wanted to close completely as archaic and dirty. Many parties have built election campaigns on ecological slogans. Where is it all now? He threw everything into the trash, in practice they behave completely differently, “he said. According to him, the Greens are trying to disguise their own mistakes and lack of expertise in energy and other spheres and roll them over to Russia.