Zakharova accused the EU of stupidity and betrayal of Europe's interests

The European Union is paying a high price not for its dependence on foreign energy, but for its own stupidity and betrayal of Europe's interests. This was announced on April 13 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Thus, she commented on the statement by the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen that the EU "pays too high a price for dependence on foreign energy."

“no. The EU is paying an extremely high price for the stupidity and betrayal of Europe's interests by the Brussels bureaucracy," Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel..

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The head of the Italian oil company Eni, Claudio Descalzi, said on April 12 that the EU should suspend the ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to the head of the company, the issue of fuel supplies needs to be reviewed, as alternative sources will not be able to provide the necessary volumes and stability of the industry.

On April 1, Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish national conservative Freedom Alliance party, said that the EU's plans to abandon oil and gas from Russia were "Eurosamicide." He admitted that the abandonment of Russian energy resources would lead to "mass poverty" of Europeans.

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