“They may refuse to pay according to the scheme proposed by Russia, in which case there is a possibility of interrupting the supply of Russian gas to Poland.
Then they will be forced to use the storage facilities that they have filled to a greater percentage than in other European countries, but all the same, Poland will have to experience stress without Russian gas, ”the expert explained.
According to him, the authorities will be forced to limit the work of industrial enterprises, especially those that consume a lot of gas, such as Azoty.
“They are counting on the commissioning (in operation. -
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) of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Norway ... But you need to understand that Baltic Pipe only redirects Norwegian gas from the German market to the Polish one ... It should be launched at the end of the year, and then, perhaps not at full capacity right away,” Mitrakhovich said.
The specialist also admitted that Poland will pay for gas according to the scheme proposed by Russia, but simply "will not speak out loud" about it.
Earlier, the representative of the Polish government for strategic energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimsky, said that Warsaw did not intend to agree to pay for Russian gas in rubles.
According to him, Poland is able "at any moment to refuse gas supplies."