Russia did not provoke the energy crisis in the countries of the European Union, but she did not do anything to soften it. The representative of the US State Department for Energy Safety Amos Khorshtein, the Quote leads RIA Novosti.
He acknowledged that the crisis happened because of various factors, some of which no one could control. Nevertheless, the State Department sees Moscow’s involvement in the fact that it did not help Europe cope with the problem.
So, Hochstein commented on the accusations of a number of European politicians who believe that the crisis provoked the “inaction of Russia”. Moscow denies these accusations: according to politicians, the reason is that Europe is “on maybe” in the formation of gas reserves.
Europe faced the energy crisis against the background of increasing consumption and lower than expected, gas supplies from Norway and Russia. The cost of gas in October came to the mark of two thousand dollars per thousand cubic meters. She began to decline in the evening on October 27, after Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Gazprom to start planned work on supplies to Europe after gas injection into Russian storage facilities. The head of the company Alexey Miller said they will be filled in November 8. Gas prices fell more than four percent – up to 838 dollars per thousand cubic meters (based on October 29).