The leaks affecting the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia to Germany are an “act of international terrorism”, denounced Wednesday Vladimir Putin, assuring that this incident benefits the United States, Poland and Ukraine. “The beneficiaries are clear (…) Because (this incident) reinforces the geopolitical importance of the remaining gas systems, the one that passes through the territory of Poland (…) and Ukraine, and that Russia has built at its own expense. But also to the United States, which can now deliver its energy at high prices,” said the Russian president at an energy forum.
The “ball is in the court” of the EU, he said, regarding the launch of Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline system unaffected by explosions. “Russia is ready to resume deliveries” via this submarine tube which was never put into service because of the offensive once morest Ukraine, Putin said at an energy forum. “The ball is in the court of the EU, if it wants it, it only has to turn on the tap”, he judged, adding that the other gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system would not be repaired. only if their operation was guaranteed.
Russian oil price peak
The Russian president also accused the G7 and the EU of “destroying” the world energy market by trying to cap the price of Russian oil, assuring that Moscow was ready to resume deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipelines . He claimed that “some Western politicians are actually destroying the global market economy” and “threatening the well-being of billions of people” with this capping plan.
He also proposed, without giving concrete details, to now transit the bulk of Russian gas through the Black Sea. “We might (…) pass the main delivery routes of our fuel and our gas via Turkey, by creating in Turkey the most important gas hub”.
Vladimir Putin has said that the current situation takes some Europeans back to the “Middle Ages”. “Ordinary Europeans are suffering. In one year, their electricity and gas bills have more than tripled. The population, as in the Middle Ages, has started to stockpile wood for heating this winter,” he said. he rocks.
