The European Union is facing an energy crisis caused by its own…
The European Union is facing an energy crisis caused by its own decision to phase out Russian gas imports, according to Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who highlighted low gas storage levels in Germany and the Netherlands ahead of winter.
Consensus
- The European Union is experiencing an energy crisis.
- The crisis was caused by the EU's own decision to phase out Russian gas imports.
- Germany's gas storage is filled to 47.6%, below the usual 75%.
- The Netherlands' gas storage is filled to 38.5%, below the usual 77%.
- Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian special presidential envoy, made these claims in a social media post.
Points of divergence
- In July, European countries extracted a record 1 billion cubic meters of gas from underground storage due to extreme heat, which is 1.5 times higher than in July 2025 and the highest since 2022. — vedomosti
- Gas injection into European storage in July was 8.8 billion cubic meters, 16% lower than the previous year. — vedomosti
- The EU Council approved a regulation on January 26 to gradually stop importing Russian pipeline gas and LNG, with full cessation of LNG imports planned by January 1, 2027, and pipeline gas by autumn 2027. — vedomosti
- Member states must verify the origin of gas before importing it into the EU. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Dmitriev: EU faced an energy crisis that it itself provoked — Ведомости
- EU faced energy crisis it itself provoked by refusing gas from Russia, Dmitryev said. — ТАСС (Telegram)