Chancellor Scholz told the media.
The media reports that Germany has 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 TV channel, he said that “we are not as naive” as it might seem.
According to Scholz, even before the certification of the Nord Stream was stopped, the German authorities took care of a backup option.
So, the Chancellor explained that they were ready for difficulties, and imposed sanctions already knowing that they could buy gas somewhere else.
“We have done this and are doing it further”, – said Scholz.
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 “Nord Stream-2 ”.