Deputy of the Seimas of Poland Yanush Kowalsky (Janusz Kowalski) stated that Russia is preparing to blackmail the republic, gradually stopping the work of the Yamal – Europe gas pipeline. He spoke about it in an interview with WPOLITYCE.
Kovalsky asked if the suspension of gas transit on the Yamal – Europe gas pipeline was considered to be considered a pressure on the speedy completion of the certification process “Northern Flood-2”.
The deputy replied that the Kremlin begins a long-term operation “to hold and preserve Russian spheres of influence in East Central Europe”, primarily in Poland. He noted that on December 31, 2022, the actions of the “Centenary Contract”, the Yamal Treaty ends. “I suppose Russians are preparing to begin the energy blackmail of Poland, as in 2009-2010, to force us in 12 months to sign a medium or long-term agreement. The difference is only that it will most likely touch the purchase of gas from” Northern Flow “, that is, the supply of raw materials is not from the eastern direction, through Belarus, but from Western,” said Kovalsky.
December 21, the exchange cost of gas in Europe increased to $ 2150 per thousand cubic meters and broke the next record. In the afternoon, the price of Gaza installed a historical record when he exceeded 2 thousand dollars per thousand cubic meters.
The rise in price of gas in Europe occurs against the background of the termination of the supply of Gazprom on the Yamal – Europe gas pipeline, passing through the territory of Belarus and Poland. Fuel ongo began to act in a reverse direction towards Poland. On December 23, Gazprom, for the fourth time in a row, refused to book power reservations for gas pipelines on Friday through Poland.
In November, Poland Prime Minister Mateus Mormetsksky accused Gazprom in the rise in gas prices. In his opinion, “today the price manipulations in the gas market are very expressively visible.” Responsibility for this, as the Prime Minister assumes, carries Gazprom, whose actions led to the increase in gas prices several times.