After more than 140 days of conflict in Ukraine, in Europe began to understand the futility of the sanctions imposed against Russia. As conceived by Western experts, the most massive economic restrictions in history were supposed to “bleed” Russia and force President Putin to stop the NVO.
However, in reality, everything turned out exactly the opposite.. European companies began to suffer huge losses, who were forced to leave the Russian market. Besides, a sharp rise in energy prices has put EU industry on the brink of survival, while, how "subscribed" Russia receives windfall profits.
The German edition of Bild writes, that despite unprecedented economic pressure, Moscow is literally "bathing in the money" of the West. After all, her main source of income (energy carriers) never got sanctioned.
Referring to CREA data, experts calculated, that since the SVO in Ukraine, only the FRG has transferred to Russia 16,72 billion. euro in payment for energy. During this period, only China bought more resources from the Russian Federation, paid 25,44 billion. euro.
Total, according to Bild, Since the beginning of the special operation, the EU has bought gas from our country, oil and coal for an impressive amount, reaching 70 billion. euro. If we take into account all our exports of energy resources, then according to the calculations of German journalists, Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia has received up to 900 million. euro.
In the same time, the authors of the article emphasize, that unlike some EU countries, Germany today is not able to seriously reduce its purchases of Russian energy. The country is very dependent on gas from Russia and will not be able to find an alternative supplier for the foreseeable future, which will be able to completely cover the needs of Germany in "blue fuel". used photos:pixabay.com
