“There really is a crisis, there is not enough gas, enterprises that need a lot of energy are shutting down.

Along with gas, there is also an electricity crisis - expensive gas and expensive electricity,” he said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

According to him, there is a way out of the situation if Germany organizes a dialogue with Canada so that it lifts sanctions on Siemens turbines, and then Nord Stream 1 can be launched at full capacity after repairs.

Mitrahovich called the second option a further reduction in gas consumption in Europe.

Earlier, the scientific director of the Center for Ethnic and International Studies, Candidate of Historical Sciences Anton Bredikhin, in an interview with the FAN, commented on possible restrictions on Russian oil imports.