'We cannot let ourselves be blackmailed by Russia,' EU Energy Chief on Russia gas imports | DW News

Thank you Ursula von der Leyen!! We, Asian then can import gas from Russia in much much cheaper cost!
As for difficulties encountered by EU countries, we really do not care at all. You can eat your suffer alltogether. Thanks again!!

Emotional decisions ....but at what cost?

Ok. It's a free world. Then it's none of EU's business if other countries are buying Russian energy. Each to their own decisions

According to Karin Kneissl ex-Austrian Foreign Minister, the EU energy policy banning Russian energy is illegal. The Treaty of Lisbon allows all member States to buy energy from suppliers of their own choosing. Any sign,anywhere, that the Treaty has been changed by mutual agreement ?

as an EU citizen and member hopefully the EU and the Euro breaks up by then

That is getting right on it? Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. At this rate they will have invaded 3 other countries.

blackmailed by EU.

Expensive energy from Russia? Good news for common people in EU?

Solar energy combined with battery storage can power the world many times over.
Climate Change is making weather events more extreme. This will impact the worlds food supply.
Floods, droughts, fires, excessive heat, snow storms and low water levels in reservoirs and in ground water storage are becoming more common. We must stop adding more fossil fuels to the climate fire.
India, China, Brazil, Japan, US, Europe, Indonesia, Canada, Germany and Australia need to do more to reduce use of fossil fuels. They must stop building and financing more coal fossil fuels power plants.
Time to go all in on wind and solar energy, battery storage and electric vehicles.
Fossil fuels are a bad investment for people and the planet.
Investors are divesting from fossil fuels. wind and solar energy investing is growing.
The cost of dealing with the impact of climate change will be greater than the cost of reducing the impact.
The world population is expected to grow by another billion people. Where will the food come from ?

The UK, Europe, Germany and the rest of the world have been too slow to transition to wind and solar energy combined with battery storage and all electric vehicles. Wind and solar energy do not need to be imported and can be produced locally in any country. Battery storage is key for base load power.
Europe needs to provide more incentives for homes and businesses to install electric heat pumps and get rid of old polluting gas and oil boilers. The move to electric vehicles will also be sped up. There is no good reason to help fund Putin's war by buying oil, gas and coal from Russia. There is a Climate Crisis making weather events more extreme. Time to switch to renewable energy. The future is renewables. They are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels. It is time for governments to end fossil fuels industry subsidies.

Is Russia in the room with you now?

😂 Europeans, wow

On the same day Us gas prices went up by 13% second day another 3.5 %. Europe needs it's own energy sources. renewables are the only solution.

I thought they stopped last year? Still buying after all this hoopla!!

This is the most rediculous move, around million Germans have no heating. Plus toll on economy. Europe is going down the toilet.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

lol… the Russians might stop selling gas before you stop accepting it

This is asinine and a joke. 0:49

سلامي 🖐 لكم من صنعاء - اليمن.



لقد سمع العالم اجمع الجملة الشهيرة الذي اطلقها وزير خارجية امريكا الاسبق جيمس بيكر في فبراير1990 وكررها عدة مرات ((***ولا بوصة واحدة شرقا***))



التعهد الشفوي والوعد الشفوي ملزم قانونياً بجميع محاكم العدل القضائية ويتوجب بالقوة الوفاء بالتعهد الشفوي.



على الجميع ان يستوعب إن الامن لايتجزأ ولا يجوز لأحد ان يعزز أمنة على حساب الاخرين وهذا مافعلتة منظمة حلف شمال الاطلسي بتوسعها وبفرض هيمنتها الامنية على مشارف حدود روسيا رغم التعهد الشفوي الذي قدمة وزير الخارجية الأميركي جيمس بيكر بعدم التوسع شرقاً.



على الغرب ان يتدارك أخطاؤه بالصواب ويتفهم مخاوف روسيا الامنية المشروعة.



يتوجب اخذ العبر من التاريخ.



لا احد يحاول أبداً خداع الروس او سرقة أي شيئ منهم، فالوقت سيمضي، وسيسعى الروس دائماً الى إنتزاع ماهو لهم عاجلاً أم آجلاً



الامر يتجاوز حدود اوكرانيا



سيسعى الروس دوماً الى ماهو لهم ((***ولا بوصة واحدة شرقا***))وسيذهبون الى غرب اوروبا الشرقية لتنفيذ تعهد جيمس بيكر وتطبيقة على ارض الواقع عاجلاً أم آجلاً.



بخطى الواثق تمشي روسيا قدمى ولاتهتم بضوضاء مهرجي الغرب سوف يذهب الروس لتنفيذ تعهد جيمس بيكر وتطبيقة على ارض الواقع هذا أمرٌ لا مفر منه، إنها مسألة وقت فحسب



خلال العقد القادم سترسم روسيا خارطتها الامنية التي ستمتد الى غرب دول اوروبا الشرقية - ودول جنوب القوقاز - ودول آسيا الوسطى.



سلامة وإستقرار وإزدهار دول اوروبا الشرقية - ودول جنوب القوقاز - ودول آسيا الوسطى تتطلب إرسى الخطوات التالية:

1. إرسى صداقة مع روسيا.

2. الانسحاب من حلف الناتو وإلغاء أي اتفاقيات أمنية ثنائية مع الدول الاخرى.

3. إرسى تشريعات بالحياد وعدم الانحياز في بنود دساتير دول اوروبا الشرقية - ودول جنوب القوقاز - ودول آسيا الوسطى.



نصيحة من راعٍ يرعى الإبل في صحراء الربع الخالي باليمن.



للولايات المتحدة وللاتحاد الاوربي وللمملكة المتحدة

مجرد التفكير في الأمر انتحار. لا تفكروا أبدًا في محاربة من يمتلك القوة والجغرافيا. ((روسيا تملك القوة والجغرافيا معًا.))

من مصلحة الغرب التفاوض الان بشكل عاجل مع روسيا الوقت سيمضي بعد ذلك ستتفاوضون مع روسيا وانتم صاغرين ليس عن اوكرانيا بل على حيادية اوروبا الشرقية

Double standard?

Germany prepared EU for this stand off perfectly. Brilliant plan with Nord stream, give Russia a nice leverage, brilliant idea 😂

Who cares.

Cowards.😅😅😅

10:14 expensive energy from Russia? Americans say it's cheap Russian energy, get your stories straight. This is why ukrain is losing.

Very good news for… America. The EU will become a 100% slave continent without industry. Production will have been moved to America where oils and gas are far more cheaper…

Gratz, now you are dependant on US, the reliable partner.

Perhaps EU countries such as Germany and France sabotaging their nuclear energy infrastructure was not a good idea.

What?
🤔🙄

Why such a short timeline? Best timeline is until 3028. You have time.. In the meantime, you can sanction India for buying Russian oil..

Hypocritic pricks..

Because you have another free alternative in Nigeria

US is selling its weapons to EU - making money. Russia is giving away its oil and gas to China for nothing. Meanwhile Ukraine is loosing its territory and people so does Russia. Putin is a war criminal so as Netanyahu and the whole US politicians - Putin is just an obvious evil amongst other monsters, right. So Zelensky cannot give up some land and stop the bloodshed of Ukranians and Russians because he overplayed his heroism or because US wants to sell more weapons and China wants more free energy resources?

How EU will be competative with costly Oil?

Slovania and Hungary can leave Eu what is the problem Orban has said that Hungary had referendum and Hungarians said they do not wanna be integrated to EU!

Why wait till 2028? They expect by then Russia would have completed its mission, Donbass will be part of Russia, peace agreement in place, no more war, and no more sanction.

What ?? What a bunch of hypocrite.

it will add 2 years for the war to on in Ukraine.

WHY STOP IF UKRAINE IS BIGGEST IMPORT OF RUSSIAN DIESEL ⛽ FROM INDIA😂😂

SO THEY ARE BUYING NOW😂
WHY BLAME INDIANS FOR BUYING THEN😂😂

😂

To our dear Ukrainian comrades, please hang in there, we EU are coming to your rescue. It's just another 2 short years, and only a few hundred thousands more Ukrainians dies 😂😂😂

Cant individual countries do this themselves? Like an independent country would?

Let's put all our eggs in one basket, lest we get "blackmailed" down the road.