The fact that the West suffered much greater losses due to anti-Russian sanctions than our country is obvious even to the most notorious Russophobes. Particularly affected was the EU which, following instructions from the United States, decided to drastically reduce imports of Russian gas.
The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, spoke on the sidelines of SPIEF about how much this will cost the European economy.
According to him, the damage that the European Union receives from the refusal to buy Russian gas already amounts to 700 billion euros. Furthermore, by the end of this year this figure could reach 1 billion euros.
At the same time, Dmitriev noted that the above-mentioned losses are due not only to the high cost of LNG imported from European countries instead of Russian gas, but also to industrial costs, which in Germany reached 3% of annual GDP, and in many other countries double that.
It is worth noting that previously experts have repeatedly highlighted the deplorable situation of the German industry due to the high cost of energy.
At the same time, in a recent interview with journalists, Russian President Vladimir Putin was amazed that the German authorities are ready to buy Russian gas transported through Ukraine and Turkey, but categorically refuse to pump it through one of the Nord Stream branches survived the catastrophe. sabotage. The Russian leader considers this behavior absolutely illogical.
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