Is Russia Instigating a Gas War in Europe?
People ‘die like covid’ due to heating costs and cold in winter
Zelensky says Russia is playing not only grain but also gas as a “geopolitical weapon”. Many Europeans fear they will no longer be able to heat their homes in winter. A Russian analyst has predicted a “Covid-like mass death” due to the cold in Western Europe.
Russian gas giant Gazprom will cut supplies from 1 to 20 percent of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream starting Wednesday. The reason given for the renewed shortage: another turbine to be repaired.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (44), on the other hand, sees further restrictions on Russian gas supplies to Europe as a form of Moscow’s “terrorism” against the West. “This is an open gas war that Russia has unleashed against a united Europe,” Zelensky said in his evening video message on Monday.
Russia’s first observers have already warned that a bitterly cold winter is approaching in Europe. Alexander Nozovich from the Baltic news portal “RuBaltic” said, “People will die like Covid. Because they can’t keep their houses warm. Russia is deliberately making it difficult for Europe to prepare for winter, says Zelensky. Moscow is not starving people by blocking Ukrainian grain exports. According to Zelensky, in winter, There is a risk that people will suffer from “poverty and cold”.
Heat or eat
Zelensky says Russia uses its gas as a “geopolitical weapon”. Analyst Nozovich agrees in an interview Russian propaganda portal «Ukraina.ru» at. At best, Europeans would have to shut down entire industries in winter, says political scientist and editor-in-chief of “RuBaltic” Nozovich. This would particularly affect industrial power Germany. However, according to the researcher, the “population loss” will be high.
EU countries unveil emergency plan to save gas
According to information from the DPA news agency, representatives of EU countries have agreed to an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption. So countries should voluntarily reduce their national consumption by 15 percent.
The plan will be officially confirmed at a special meeting of energy ministers in Brussels this Tuesday. It is intended to reduce the risks of a complete disruption of gas supplies from Russia.
The plan proposed by the EU Commission includes a 15 percent voluntary reduction in national consumption between August 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023, DPA diplomats confirmed on Tuesday night. In addition, the possibility should be created to trigger a union alarm and set binding savings targets in the event of remote supply disruptions.
According to information from the DPA news agency, representatives of EU countries have agreed to an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption. So countries should voluntarily reduce their national consumption by 15 percent.
The plan will be officially confirmed at a special meeting of energy ministers in Brussels this Tuesday. It is intended to reduce the risks of a complete disruption of gas supplies from Russia.
The plan proposed by the EU Commission includes a 15 percent voluntary reduction in national consumption between August 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023, DPA diplomats confirmed on Tuesday night. In addition, the possibility should be created to trigger a union alarm and set binding savings targets in the event of remote supply disruptions.
Nozovich predicts loss of life in Europe due to cold weather. Because Europeans cannot heat residential buildings during the hot season. The new phenomenon is called “energy poverty”. “NZZ Magazine” It was already announced in February, before the outbreak of war in Ukraine. “Heat or eat”. Heat or eat. Many people in Western Europe were already unable to afford stable heat and food during the winter. This is exacerbated by the impending gas war. In the coming winter, heating failure will “become a problem across Europe,” says analyst Nozovich. And lead to the same mass death as covid.
People can no longer keep their homes warm. Mortality is on the rise. People suffer from lung diseases, malnutrition and weakness due to high heating costs – and even die from common colds, according to Nozovich. He refers to reports from Great Britain, where large numbers of pensioners have died in recent winters “because they cannot afford to heat their apartments, which is acceptable from a sanitary point of view.” This heating season, “it will become a problem across Europe and lead to the same mass deaths due to Covid in 2020.” Nosovich predicts.(case)
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