In his opinion, this statement is designed for "the layman who does not understand the situation."
The MP noted that the EU does not have the ability to fully replace Russian gas with supplies from other sources.
The parliamentarian also recalled that now European underground gas storage facilities are filled, including thanks to Russian supplies.
The second reason is the contraction of the eurozone economy, the interlocutor of RT added.
“These two reasons made it possible to fill gas storage facilities in Europe.
The next heating season will be extremely difficult, everyone understands this.
And the European Commissioner also understands perfectly well that Europe will not be able to survive the next winter due to LNG,” Ananskikh concluded.
Earlier, the EU announced that it had completely replaced Russian gas with supplies from other sources.
On November 9, the German Federal Network Agency reported that the country's underground gas storage facilities are currently 99.54% full.
Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechaev noted that Berlin was the main beneficiary of cheap Russian gas supplies under long-term contracts.