EU Faces Severest Winter Since 2022 Due to Energy Split, Says Russian Envoy
Kirill Dmitriev comments on EU's energy decoupling from Russia following statements by EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen.
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Russian Special Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev stated that the upcoming winter will be the worst since 2022 for the EU, highlighting the consequences of rejecting Russian energy resources amid warnings from EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen.
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The European Union has sought to decouple from Russian energy resources following the onset of the conflict in Ukraine.
MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. The forthcoming winter that may become the worst since 2022 for the European Union will remind again of implications from rejecting Russian energy resources, Special Presidential Envoy for Investment and Economic Cooperation and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev.
"The winter is coming. The ‘worst winter since 2022’ that will once again expose EU bureaucrats’ energy suicide of decoupling from Russian energy," he wrote on X.
The European Union could face its worst winter since 2022 amid record high energy prices and potential supply disruptions from the US, EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen said earlier in an interview with the Financial Times.
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- How severe will EU energy shortages be this winter?
- What measures will the EU take to address potential supply disruptions?
