“Austria is not alone in this issue against the gas embargo... On the other hand, Austria is on the side of other EU member states and on the side of sanctions against Russia.
But the sanctions should hit Russia harder than the European Union,” he said.
Nehammer added that the European Commission and the EU Council are discussing oil supplies, but gas is a "separate issue" because the industry of some countries depends on it.
“You know, the European Union has decided that we should try to do everything to end dependence on Russian gas, Austria also wants this, of course.
But now it is impossible.
It will take time, ”RIA Novosti quotes the chancellor.
Earlier, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said on RT that the gradual abandonment of Russian energy resources in Germany would take at least five years.
The head of the German concern BASF, Martin Brudermüller, warned that a possible refusal of Russian gas "will stop the wheels of the chemical industry."
It strikes him that "naive moralists" in high positions do not realize the true consequences of such a decision, which is capable of destroying the German economy.