Europe must admit past errors in its judgments in the energy and geopolitical spheres, change the leadership of the European Union and reconsider its policy towards Russia, said Kirill Dmitriev, the special representative of the Russian President, TASS reported, BTA reported.
"I said it. Europe must admit its strategic energy and geopolitical mistakes, atone for its guilt, change the leadership of the EU and abandon the Russophobic approach. As predicted, a destructive energy tsunami will soon devastate Europe. As has been explained many times, in order to survive, Europe needs Russia," he wrote on the social network "Ex" in English.
Thus, Dmitriev commented on the publication of the "Financial Times", which notes that Europe must prepare for a prolonged energy crisis now, TASS reports.
Earlier, Dmitriev said that an "energy shock tsunami" is looming over Europe, related to the EU's refusal to use Russian natural gas, and predicted a further increase in natural gas prices in the EU. At the end of January, the EU Council finally approved the ban on the import of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) from January 1, 2027, and gas via pipelines - from September 30, 2027. Moreover, the restrictions will begin to be introduced earlier. The import of liquefied natural gas under short-term contracts will be banned from April 25, 2026, and short-term contracts for the supply of gas through gas pipelines must be terminated by June 17, 2026.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his disappointment with the course of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who blocked a new 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine, DPA reported, BTA reported. “This is an act of gross disloyalty. There has never been anything like it“, Merz said after last night's EU summit in Brussels.
In Brussels, Orban ruled out the possibility of overturning his government's veto on the loan, as well as on a new package of sanctions against Moscow, until supplies of Russian oil to his country via Ukraine via the “Druzhba“ oil pipeline are resumed. Merz also warned of the long-term consequences of Orban's decision: "This will leave deep scars."