Emergency Plans activated : Concerns grow in Europe over Russian gas supply

The supply of Russian gas for Europe has activated the alarms in the old continent. Germany, whose dependence on Russian gas reaches 40% of what it consumes, has activated an early warning in case of shortages.

Austria has announced that it is following Germany in activating the first level of its emergency plan to ensure gas supply over fears that Russia could cut off exports of the energy source if Western countries refuse to make payments to Moscow in roubles.

Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s office said in a statement that the move involved the “strengthening of existing monitoring systems” which had been in place for weeks.

It added that measures such as gas rationing would only come into play if the third phase of the emergency plan were activated, which required an “immediate crisis”.
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1. G7 refuses Russian demand, Japan to ask firms not to pay for Russian gas in roubles:
(https://youtu.be/bVqYoWR9BXo)
2. Russia won’t supply gas to Europe for free : "No in charity":
(https://youtu.be/Wg7Npl4vtQY)
3. Putin orders to supply gas to unfriendly countries for rubles only:
(https://youtu.be/lwF1I8ilSe8)