The political scientist spoke about the impact of the blackout in the EU on the political situation

There is no political connotation to the recent massive power outages in Spain and Portugal. This was announced on Wednesday, April 30, by Vadim Trukhachev, a political scientist, associate professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Foreign Regional Studies at the Russian State University.

"Portugal, even being a strongly anti-Russian country, did not make a statement that Russia was to blame for something. You know, politics were dragged by the ears here in Ukraine, in the Baltic States, but none of this happened on the Iberian Peninsula itself," the political scientist said.

The expert noted that these countries are far from Russia and did not purchase energy resources as much as other EU countries.

"Once they said in Spain and Portugal that there is no politics here, well, then you shouldn't pull it by the ears here," Trukhachev concluded.

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Earlier, on April 29, large-scale power and communication outages occurred in Spain and Portugal. This affected major cities such as Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, La Coruna and Seville. In addition, serious disruptions occurred at Madrid—Barajas International Airport. Traffic on the roads in some localities has become difficult due to the shutdown of traffic lights. Power supply problems were also observed in Andorra and parts of France.

In the evening of the same day, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that electricity had been restored in half of the country. The authorities used fuel reserves to maintain energy supply. An anti-crisis committee was urgently set up to coordinate the restoration work. Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez Almeida has asked for the army to be sent to the Spanish capital to help deal with the emergency.

According to Sergey Pikin, director of the Energy Development Fund, the reason for the power outage could be an external impact on the energy system. Due to the incident, a state of emergency was introduced in the country. Spaniards began posting videos on social media with empty shelves in stores and queues for drinking water. At the same time, powerbanks in the country rose in price to €12,550.