“I think here in the G7… we all realize that the party is over for Russian hydrocarbons.
Everyone is looking for ways to adapt,” he said in an interview with CNN.
Johnson noted that it is possible to replace Russian energy carriers in the short term with supplies from other sources.
In the long term, it is necessary to work on green energy, the British prime minister expressed confidence.
Johnson said that the UK plans to develop wind energy and build a nuclear reactor every year.
Earlier, The New York Times wrote that the United States and European countries did not expect the economic pressure they are under after the imposition of sanctions against Russia.
The publication, citing Andrew Weiss, vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for Research, stated that the economies of Western countries turned out to be more vulnerable than their governments expected.