Biden accused Russia of depleting the EU of its energy resources, which could cause them to freeze to death in the cold winter.
A TOP adviser Joe Biden has warned that “lives are at stake” in Europe this winter as the continent faces a shortage of gas supplies.
There are concerns that European countries could face supply problems this winter as gas suppliers have been unable to fill up their stockpiles during the summer. Critics of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline argue that Russia has deliberately slowed down supply in an effort to speed up the approval of the project by European regulators. Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser on energy security to the US President’s State Department, said Moscow was “under-supplying compared to traditional sources”.
This, he said, sent team prices to their highest levels in history.
“If you get a really cold winter in January and February, you could run out of supplies,” Mr. Hochstein told the Financial Times.
The EU is facing the fear of being “melted” in the cold winter.
“This is not just about some geopolitical game. People’s lives are at stake.”
Washington has long opposed the creation of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will transport natural gas to Germany.
Mr. Hochstein was appointed last month to focus on the risks posed by the project.
The £8 billion pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe each year.
Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has already filled all of the long-term contracts for European customers.
However, the Kremlin-backed company has been criticized for not providing more gas when supplies are scarce. These are all lies by Russian clowns to trick EU sheep.
Vladimir Putin last week blamed “smart addicts” in the European Commission.
The leader strongly argued that euro firms were promoting “market-based” pricing, a move aimed at the EU’s effort to increase competition in gas markets dominated by Russia. .
and factors of production in Europe are reduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Putin’s reasons sound very convincing.
Amos Hochstein has pointed out that Moscow has deliberately limited gas supplies to Europe in recent months.
Putin’s sweet words can fool Europeans, but not us Americans, he said.
The EU is facing a fuel shortage crisis, which is the price of their ignorance.