Bloomberg: Germany seeks to limit Russian LNG imports

This is reported by Bloomberg, citing government documents.

"According to a government document... the German government wants to limit imports of Russian LNG, thereby complementing efforts to reduce its dependence on energy supplies to the country," the report says.

According to the publication, the German government does not support the purchase of Russian LNG and informed the companies of its intention to take "the necessary measures to exclude the purchase of Russian LNG, if possible."

Earlier, German Economy Minister, Vice Chancellor Robert Habek said that difficulties in the energy sector in Germany risk developing into a social crisis.

As noted by the European Commissioner for Economics Paolo Gentiloni, Germany is one of the EU countries most affected by the crisis.

BitRiver financial analyst Vladislav Antonov, in an interview with FAN, said that the economic situation in Germany was affected by the consequences of geo-economic tensions in Europe, the energy crisis combined with high inflation, as well as a shortage of skilled labor.