Germany will temporarily run the former division of Gazprom to ensure the security of gas supplies.
Gazprom refused to accept money from Gazprom Germania / Photo from UNIAN
Against the backdrop of a full-scale military invasionRussia to the territory of independent Ukraine, the Russian “Gazprom” refused to accept payment for gas from the company Gazprom Germania.
About it in an interview NV Business Andriy Kobolev, ex-head of NJSC Naftogaz-Ukraine, said.
“The most interesting and revealing situation is now with the company Gazprom Germania, which the Germans took control of. According to Bloomberg, Gazprom refused to accept money from this company. Bloomberg says that this company was considering making payments in rubles. But in my opinion information, they were not going to pay in rubles, but in addition to the form of payment, Gazprom clearly wants revenge,” Kobolev noted.
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Gazprom Germania:
On April 4, 2022, the Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economics and Climate Problems of the Federal Republic of Germany, Robert Habek, announced that the former German subsidiary of Gazprom, Gazprom Germania, was temporarily, until September 30, transferred under the control of the Federal Network Agency of Germany.
Germany will temporarily run the former division of Gazprom to ensure the security of gas supplies.
Germany does not exclude the nationalization of Gazprom Germania.
The Gazprom Germania group includes distributor Wingas and storage operator Astora. In 2019, the consolidated turnover of the Gazprom Germania Group amounted to 24 billion euros, in 2020 – 13 billion euros.
War in Ukraine:
February 24, 2022 RF invaded independent Ukraine. Shelling and bombing of Ukrainian cities began. Massively killed the civilian population of Ukraine.
At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order to pay for Russian gas exclusively in rubles, instead of euros. Then the EU leadership announced that it would not comply with this requirement.
At the end of April, Russia announced the suspension of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria in connection with the refusal of these countries to pay in rubles.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the move showed Russia’s unreliability as an energy supplier.
According to Bloomberg, the Italian energy giant Eni SpA is preparing to open ruble accounts with Gazprombank, but is waiting for further instructions from the authorities regarding a new gas payment mechanism from the Kremlin.
