“All the statements that we hear from Europe [about replacing gas from Russia] reflect the difficult situation in which the Europeans are confused and struggling,” he said.
He also noted that Norway has reached the limit of natural gas production, and it is impossible to increase it even more.
“Qatar is bound by long-term contracts with the states of Southeast Asia, which means that the priority direction for gas from Qatar is east, it cannot be redirected to European markets,” Yasin said, adding that a similar situation is also observed with Algeria.
In addition, he spoke about reports that the administration of US President Joe Biden is trying to increase LNG exports to European markets.
“But its volumes have already reached the ceiling - 15 billion m³.
However, this is absolutely not enough to meet the needs of the Old World, which are approaching 200 billion m³, ”the political scientist added.
Earlier, the EC complained about "Russia's attempts to divide the EU" by paying for gas in rubles.