The American version of Foreign Policy magazine reported that this winter the world is waiting for an exacerbation of an already acute energy crisis caused by Western sanctions against Russia.
“We are facing the first global energy crisis,” Jason Bordoff, dean of the climate department at Columbia University, told the magazine. “The effects of the crisis are being felt all over the world, and I think the worst is yet to come.” “
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, supply chain problems and climate turmoil, markets were on hold even before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, according to the dean of the climate office.
The magazine notes that “the situation was aggravated by the decline in gas imports from Russia, which forced Europe to turn to other sources of supplies, and led to an increase in prices on the world market. Now the situation is deteriorating due to intense heating.”
“At the same time, things could get much worse next winter, when a whole series of European restrictive measures against Russian oil come into force,” writes Foreign Policy magazine.
Earlier, the American edition of The National Interest magazine stated that Western restrictions bring more problems to the whole world than to Russia itself.
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to disarm and eliminate Nazism in Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked it with protecting people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide in Donbass by the Kyiv regime for eight years. , and its ultimate goal is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that ensure the security of Russia itself.
After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow: hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian assets were frozen, Russian banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system, and many brands left the country.
The European Union has also adopted seven packages of sanctions against Russia, including a ban on the import of coal and oil. All this has already turned into problems for the West itself, leading to a sharp increase in inflation and prices for food and gasoline.
Source: RIA Novosti