Kathmandu. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a big announcement. He has threatened to cut off gas supplies to European countries. This could lead to an energy crisis in Europe. Putin has said that the time has come to cut gas supplies to European countries. The statement comes amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. <\/p>\n
According to Putin, the markets of many countries are opening for Russia. “They are paying a good price for Russian energy,” he said, “so it’s time for European countries to cut off energy supplies and enter new markets.” I’m thinking about it openly. \u2019<\/p>\n
Putin said that although this is not a final decision, he will definitely instruct the government to work with his companies on it. “Russia has always been a reliable supplier and we deal with any country. We will continue to do business with them. Cutting gas supplies to Europe would be beneficial for Russia. \u2019<\/p>\n
War benefits Russia! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to many experts, the outbreak of war in the Middle East is indirectly benefiting Russia. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted energy supplies from the Middle East. As a result, many countries, including India and China, are looking for energy alternatives, and Russia appears to be a strong contender. Russia wants to take advantage of this opportunity to enter these countries and strengthen its grip. <\/p>\n Major crisis in Europe in terms of gas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Gas prices in Europe have risen sharply due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar has also cut off LNG supplies. It meets 6 percent of Europe’s gas needs. Russia has also threatened to cut off gas supplies. This has created a big crisis for Europe. <\/p>\n How dependent is Europe on Russia? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Before the war in Ukraine, Europe was completely dependent on Russian gas. They used to buy up to 40 percent of their gas from Russia, but that number has dropped to 10 to 15 percent after the war with Ukraine. This includes both pipelines and LNG. Norway (30 per cent) and the United States (58 per cent) are now Europe’s biggest suppliers. Countries such as France, Spain and Belgium still import significant quantities of gas. \u2013Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kathmandu. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a big announcement. He has threatened to cut off gas supplies to European countries. This could lead to an energy crisis in Europe. Putin has said that the time has come to cut gas supplies to European countries. The statement comes amid the ongoing war in the Middle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":289594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45044,45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289597,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289596\/revisions\/289597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/289594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}