A KREMLIN-loyal energy giant has released a video of Europe freezing to death without Russian gas in an effort to taunt the UK.
Gazprom’s two-minute video comes just days after it vowed to indefinitely keep natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline shut off.
The two-minute video shows Europe ‘freezing’ to death[/caption]
Gazprom’s gas supply halt could bring an ‘ice age’ to Europe, the video says[/caption]
In its eerie video “Winter will be big”, the Russian state-controlled natural gas supplier, purports to show Europe “freezing over” in an “ice age” after Gazprom turned off its gas flow.
Vladimir Putin‘s entourage has claimed Western sanctions are to blame for Russia’s gas supplies to Germany halt via the Nord Stream pipeline.
On Monday, the Kremlin said the Western sanctions were preventing the maintenance of the pipeline, which is shut for repairs.
“Problems with pumping (gas) arose due to sanctions that were imposed against our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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“Sanctions that prevent the units from being serviced, that prevent them from being moved without appropriate legal guarantees… it is these sanctions imposed by Western states that have brought the situation to what we see now.”
The Kremlin insisted sanctions have blocked the return of a Siemens turbine that had been undergoing repairs in Canada.
The turbine is now located in Germany, which in turn accused Russia of blocking the return of the essential appliance.
The spokesman accused the West of “placing responsibility and blame” on Moscow for the halt – that Western experts describe as gas blackmail.
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Peskov added: “It is the collective West — in this case the European Union, Canada and Britain — that are to blame for the situation reaching this point.”
Following the imposition of economic sanctions over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and repeated reports of human rights abuses, Moscow has reduced or totally stopped gas supplies to several European countries, causing energy prices to skyrocket.
This week, Pescov Peskov admitted the Nord Stream 1 would only reopen if crippling sanctions on Russia were lifted.
European nations have been scrambling to create a steady supply of gas ahead of the winter months as Russia makes the most of its upper hand.
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The reliance on Russian gas has left the West in a precarious position while defiantly supporting Ukraine in the bloody conflict.
Around half of EU member states have already been impacted by the disruption to the key gas supply.
The video shows a Gazprom employee appearing to turn the gas supply off[/caption]
Putin has admitted to using gas as a weapon[/caption]
Peskov admitted Nord Stream 1 would only reopen if sanctions were lifted[/caption]
