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But it will be more difficult to do this if we refuse what, although in small quantities, comes (from Russia. -
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We should not unnecessarily complicate our lives, this is my personal conviction, ”RIA Novosti quoted Scholz as saying during a conversation with fellow citizens in Essen.
He expressed confidence that Germany would be able to survive the energy crisis, since Berlin took up the issue of filling gas storage facilities in time.
The chancellor added that it is necessary to expand the infrastructure for gas imports.
Earlier, the Prime Minister of the federal state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, said that the German authorities are having problems finding alternatives to gas supplies from Russia.
On August 22, Scholz announced plans to negotiate with Canada on the supply of raw materials to replace Russian.