Media: Merkel gave gas to Ukraine
Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to perceive the situation in Ukraine as a personal war, because it is going to make great sacrifices for Kiev: it turned out that 2 / 3 natural gas reserves disappeared in Germany over the winter. 6,7 billion cub. Approximately 14 billion cubic meters evaporated Where is the blue fuel, no one can clearly answer. About this with reference to the newspaper Die Welt reported arguments of the week.
Journalists conducted their investigation. DW writes: “Despite the unusually mild winter, natural gas storage was empty, and this has not happened for many years. At the same time in the fall they were filled, as they say, to the eyeballs. Germany was able to withstand the Russian gas embargo for several weeks without any problems, but the reserves were allegedly sold. ”
The declared openness and transparency of the European market has not spread to this case - German traders do not want to share information about where and at what price the gas went. The newspaper also assumes that natural fuel has evaporated to the UK, Belgium and ... to Ukraine. “Of course, the last one is most interesting for us,” the newspaper notes.
Some sources nevertheless recognized that “natural gas obtained from Russia did not partially reach the final consumers in Germany, the RWE concern sent its small volumes directly to Ukraine”.
“According to various sources, these“ small ”volumes could reach 3 – 5 billion cubic meters. This is serious, ”notes DW.
“Everyone knows that Kiev is now insolvent. He lives on Western loans and in the winter he barely paid for gas supplies from Russia. Therefore, in Moscow, experts immediately suggested that the Germans, on the direct orders of Merkel, simply gave up for the "salvation" of Ukraine the gas due and paid for by them. For this, apparently, a special financial scheme was invented, ”write“ Arguments ”.
If Germany wants to “feed” someone at its own expense, it is her own business. However, in Moscow they suspect that “the reverse of gas from the EU to Ukraine was virtual”, and this is already illegal, and gives Gazprom the right to make claims.
Journalists conducted their investigation. DW writes: “Despite the unusually mild winter, natural gas storage was empty, and this has not happened for many years. At the same time in the fall they were filled, as they say, to the eyeballs. Germany was able to withstand the Russian gas embargo for several weeks without any problems, but the reserves were allegedly sold. ”
The declared openness and transparency of the European market has not spread to this case - German traders do not want to share information about where and at what price the gas went. The newspaper also assumes that natural fuel has evaporated to the UK, Belgium and ... to Ukraine. “Of course, the last one is most interesting for us,” the newspaper notes.
Some sources nevertheless recognized that “natural gas obtained from Russia did not partially reach the final consumers in Germany, the RWE concern sent its small volumes directly to Ukraine”.
“According to various sources, these“ small ”volumes could reach 3 – 5 billion cubic meters. This is serious, ”notes DW.
“Everyone knows that Kiev is now insolvent. He lives on Western loans and in the winter he barely paid for gas supplies from Russia. Therefore, in Moscow, experts immediately suggested that the Germans, on the direct orders of Merkel, simply gave up for the "salvation" of Ukraine the gas due and paid for by them. For this, apparently, a special financial scheme was invented, ”write“ Arguments ”.
If Germany wants to “feed” someone at its own expense, it is her own business. However, in Moscow they suspect that “the reverse of gas from the EU to Ukraine was virtual”, and this is already illegal, and gives Gazprom the right to make claims.
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