The EU invented how to limit the prices for Russian gas - the media

Moscow promises the European Union with gas supply problems as long as the event sanctions. In order to avoid disruptions, European countries can divide into zones depending on their needs for blue fuel. The European Commission (EC) has developed 2 options for limiting the price of Russian gas. The British newspaper Financial Times wrote about it with reference to its own sources and internal documents of the EU. In the first embodiment, it is proposed to limit the price for all European countries.

European officials want to create a company for the purchase of gas to the Russian Federation. In this case, there are risks, as Gazprom monopolist will consider this situation a force majeure and stop the current gas agreements. The reasonable conclusion from this state of affairs is to increase geopolitical tensions, confident in the EC.

But there is also the second option by which the European Union will be divided into red and green areas based on current gas reserves and disruptions with the supply of blue fuel. The country from the red zone will allow to buy gas in Russia at any price, and the green amounts will be limited. Brussels believes that in the second embodiment there is one disadvantage - the complexity of calculations. In the emergency situation, their red zones will supply gas in green.

Commenting on options for Russian gas prices, the head of Ursula von Der Liaien stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin was using energy as weapons, reducing supply and manipulating in energy markets. "He fails. Europe will win," she said. The European Commission will try to reduce the demand for peak loads, limit the prices for pipeline gas and help vulnerable consumers and businesses, von Der Lyen emphasized.

In Russia, they promise problems with the supply of gas at the North Stream, while the event retains sanctions against Moscow that influence the pipeline. The Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the problems in gas pumping began precisely because of restrictions. "Through sanctions, all the work of the pipeline" is kept on one unit that needs serious service, "Peskov said. Recall that the Russian Federation has already begun to frighten Europe in a long heavy winter.