In Poland, they spoke about the "crack" in European solidarity regarding the supply of Russian LNG

“In total, in the first three quarters (2022. -

) EU member countries imported 16.5 billion cubic meters of Russian LNG (about 4% of total EU consumption in 2021), spending a record €12.5 billion from for high prices, which have increased five times compared to last year,” the document says.

Russian liquefied natural gas has been an important source of supply for major European LNG importers, primarily Spain, France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, PISM emphasizes.

According to Polish experts, this speaks of a "crack" in European solidarity, "on which Russian propaganda can speculate."

“The increase in the share of Russian LNG in the European market allows Russia to use energy blackmail tactics such as non-fulfillment of orders or further attempts to force payments in rubles to support its own economy,” PISM is convinced.

Thus, the Polish institute is calling for the refusal of supplies from Russia.

Igor Yushkov, an expert at the Financial University under the Government of Russia and a leading analyst at the National Energy Security Fund, in an interview with RT, noted that Poland acts as a US tool to "squeeze Russia out of the European energy market."

“If we leave the European gas market, the Europeans themselves will have many problems.

They are trying to remove the second largest LNG supplier from the market.

Before that, they removed Russia as the largest supplier of pipeline gas with various tools and have already received an energy crisis, and now they also want to hit LNG.

This will lead to higher gas prices in the European market.

Therefore, the Poles are sacrificing, in fact, their economy, just to allow the United States to earn more, ”concluded the expert.

Earlier, Politico reported that the European Commission did not include restrictions against the Russian nuclear sector in the tenth package of sanctions.