“One hundred and sixty gas storage facilities in 18 countries with an occupancy rate of almost 83% will be enough to provide only 21% of annual consumption in EU member states,” the material says.
The publication notes that it is possible to hold out until March 2023 if Moscow resumes gas supplies.
Earlier it was reported that EU energy ministers failed to agree on a price ceiling for Russian gas.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Péter Szijjarto said that Budapest, at the meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels, opposed the introduction of a price ceiling for Russian gas.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin commented on the idea of the G7 countries to introduce a price ceiling for oil and gas from Russia.