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The end of Russia as an energy empire

4 January, 2023 Wednesday
15:15

Europe will no longer exist as a sphere of Russian energy influence. The energy year started well

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I look at the gas statistics in the EU and rejoice. In Germany, gas storage facilities are almost 90% full, in the EU 83% full. A year ago - just imagine - it was 30% less. And this was one of the key factors in Putin's decision to start a war with us. He thought that the European Union cannot survive without Russia. But it turned out that dependence on Russia blocks the way to the future and kills Europe like an old drug addict and also gives money to the Russian mafia.

“Europe will no longer exist as a sphere of Russian energy influence. The energy year started well”

The gas prices in the EU also fell below the pre-war level. Even the God of weather helps us here). Moreover, the warm winter has already partially solved the gas problem for the next winter, because more gas is pumped into the storage facilities in the middle of winter than is consumed, and this is in the middle of winter! This year can and should be the end of Russia as an energy empire. Europe will no longer exist as a sphere of Russian energy influence. The energy year started well.

 

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About the author. Pavlo Klimkin, diplomat, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine

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