“Hopes for a quick replacement of domestic energy sources with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from third countries are not justified,” the diplomat said in an interview with Izvestia.
According to him, Germany currently does not have the necessary capacities for receiving LNG, and the five terminals planned for construction will not completely solve the problem.
Commenting on the issue of supplies, Nechaev added that producers who sell gas on the spot market send it to where they offer a better price.
“These are the laws of the market, which our Western colleagues, contrary to logic, are trying to cancel by imposing artificial restrictions on the price of oil and gas,” the ambassador said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said earlier that Berlin had been preparing to cut off Russian gas supplies since December 2021.
Later, German Foreign Minister Burbock acknowledged that Germany could not immediately refuse gas from Russia.
In turn, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the sanctions and the attitude towards Putin led the EU to serious problems next winter.