"I will say one thing: Russia will not act against common sense, paying out of its own pocket for the welfare of others.
We will not supply energy to those states that impose a ceiling on energy prices. To
those who prefer dirty tricks and blackmail shameless, and we have been living in a paradigm of this type for decades, in the political sphere, we will not act to our detriment ".
This was reiterated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum, as reported by Tass.
Measures such as the price cap for Russian energy resources are a "rigged game"
, said the Russian president.
"
The beneficiaries of the Nord Stream break
are obvious: the US and countries with alternative supply routes, "Putin said." The purpose of the terrorist act against the Nord Stream gas pipelines was to undermine the energy security of the entire continent.
Behind the sabotage there is someone who wants to completely cut the ties between Russia and the EU and thus weaken Europe ", he added.
"
There are no guarantees that Europe will survive this winter
with the current reserves in the plants. of underground gas storage ", said Gazprom CEO Aleksej Borisovič Miller, as reported by Tass." Gas supplies via Nord Stream 2 can begin immediately "if it receives the authorizations, he added.
"
.
Even before the damage to the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, gas no longer flowed. "This was stated by the spokeswoman of the German government, Christiane Hoffmann, dismissing Putin's latest statements on the willingness to use Nord Stream 2 for gas with the comment" nice try ", nice attempt. The spokesperson then recalled that there is no embargo on Russian gas, answering questions at the press conference in Berlin.
The Commission's energy proposal will be presented next week . The
EU commissioner
announced this.
Energy, Kadri Simson
, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the extraordinary Energy Affairs Council in Prague.
There are four tracks on which the Commission will act - he explained -: a greater reduction in demand, solidarity between EU countries, an intervention on prices and common gas purchases.
"We must have in mind that it is urgent to intervene but we must do it together, with a broad consensus," said Simson.
"
The debate on the gas price cap is confused
: more people talk about different types of caps. On the import of LNG, few ask for a simple price cap, it is more of a media debate. Experts agree that if we put too low a cap, we will no longer have gas ", said the German Undersecretary for the Economy and Climate, Sven Giegold before the extraordinary Energy Affairs Council.
"When we talk about pipeline gas, it's different. There is a link between spot market prices and prices in long-term contracts. The issue is finding a way to decouple these two prices without rationalizing more," he added.
"Everyone agrees that prices today are insane. There are several possible solutions. We have to be careful because whatever we do we have to preserve solidarity and collaboration between states. I think we agree on the diagnosis but therapy is still an object. of debate ".
This was stated by the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani arriving at the Energy Affairs Council.
"We worked late tonight. Nothing is defined yet but today we expect progress, the road is long," he added.
