“Anyone familiar with the history of the Druzhba pipeline, which was a tool of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe, also knows that getting rid of this dependence is not trivial, but this is what we will achieve in a few months,” Kukis said on conferences in Sydney.
He said Germany is rapidly building terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fill the gaps that will arise after the withdrawal of Russian fuel.
It is noted that Russia accounts for 40% of German coal and oil imports.
Earlier, the head of the opposition German party CDU, Friedrich Merz, expressed concern that fuel shortages in Europe could provoke a "battle over gas distribution" among the EU countries.
German Vice-Chancellor, Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck said that Germany could face rolling power outages to utilities due to gas shortages.
Alexei Grivach, Deputy General Director for Gas Problems of the National Energy Security Fund, commented on the situation with gas in Europe in an interview with PolitExpert.