Assistant to the German chancellor: the refusal of Russian gas has become a huge stress for the country

“No, it was a huge stress.

More than half of the volumes came from Germany, so it is obvious that it was very difficult to replace it, ”RIA Novosti quotes Kukis on the sidelines of the CERAWeek international energy conference taking place in Houston.

Earlier, Vice Chancellor, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habeck acknowledged that the efforts of the federal government to reduce dependence on gas from Russia were not without consequences.

Prior to this, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany had become independent of the supply of gas, oil and coal from Russia.

At the end of February, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that the European Union was addicted to the "expensive drug" - American gas, and is now experiencing record inflation.