“We want to be fully backed by renewable energy, the EU has just re-expanded its goals in this area.

We want to almost completely eliminate CO2 emissions by 2050.

We need gas as a transitional technology if we want to cope with the abandonment of coal and nuclear power, while preserving our industry and mobility, ”he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, the path to absolute clean energy lies through natural gas as an intermediate technology.

In August, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund, lecturer at the Financial University under the Government of Russia, in an interview with FBA "Economics Today" commented on the situation around Nord Stream 2.