Chancellor Scholz informed the media.
Media reports that Germany announced the start of gas purchases bypassing Russia. At the same time, it is indicated that Russian energy supplies have not stopped.
This became known from the words of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In an interview with the ZDF television channel, he said that “ not as naive” as it might seem.
According to Scholz, even before the certification of “Nord Stream – 2″ the German authorities took care of a fallback.
Thus, the chancellor explained that they were ready for difficulties, and they imposed sanctions already knowing that they could” buy gas somewhere else.
“We have done this and are doing it further”, Scholz said.
He clarified that Germany still receives fuel from Russia, including gas, oil and coal.
Recall, as Topnews reported, on February 22, the German side stopped the certification of the Russian-German gas pipeline & # 8220; Nord Stream-2 & #8221;.