“They have gone far enough and they can’t retreat anymore.
They could, for example, turn the tap on Nord Stream 2.
And their problem will be solved.
But this would be the failure of their entire policy, which is to achieve the defeat of Russia and its president.
Of course, in this situation, turning on Nord Stream 2 is signing your failure,” the diplomat told reporters.
Now the key problem for the EU is gas, he stated.
“Therefore, it did not come as a surprise to me that they could not agree on a price ceiling for Russian gas,” Chizhov added.
As the permanent representative emphasized, Europe "waits for a harsh winter", although they can "overwinter" it.
“Now they have 80 percent of storage full.
That is, if they use up all the reserves of all resources, they should be enough, but no one knows what will happen in a year, ”RIA Novosti quotes Chizhov.
On September 12, Vladimir Chizhov announced that he would soon leave Brussels in connection with the completion of a business trip that lasted 17 years.
According to him, relations between Russia and the European Union will never return to the state they were in before the current crisis.