“There are several pipelines that reach Germany, some capacity will always be enough to meet Russia's supply obligations, whether it be a pipeline through Ukraine, Yamal or Nord Stream.
Technically, it would never be a problem to fulfill all the obligations of the supplier that Russia has, ”TASS quotes Scholz.
He called "unconvincing" the arguments of the Russian side about the reduction of gas supplies via Nord Stream for technical reasons.
“That's why we prefer to play it safe,” concluded Scholz.
Earlier, Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Yevgeny Schmidt expressed the opinion that gas supplies from Russia would allow Germany to avoid an energy crisis this winter.
Bundestag deputy from the Left party Sarah Wagenknecht warned that the economic confrontation between Germany and Russia could destroy the German economy.