Europe is Set for the "Worst Winter" Since 2022

Moscow - Afaq News - The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, stated that the European Union will witness its worst winter this year since 2022, due to European bureaucrats abandoning Russian energy.

Dmitriev, who also serves as the special envoy of the Russian president for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, wrote on the social media platform "X": "Winter is approaching. 'The worst winter since 2022,' which will once again reveal the suicide in the energy sector committed by EU bureaucrats when they abandoned Russian energy."

The European Union's energy commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, stated in an interview with the Financial Times that the EU is facing the harshest winter since 2022 due to the abnormal rise in diesel fuel prices.

The European official called on U.S. President Donald Trump not to impose a ban on diesel exports to Europe, expressing his intention to raise this issue before the upcoming meeting of EU energy ministers scheduled in Dublin next week.

Western countries made a grave mistake when they abandoned Russian hydrocarbons, and Moscow pointed out that countries that refused to purchase Russian energy resources directly continue to buy them through intermediaries at higher prices.

The disruption of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz has also affected prices, with diesel and gas prices in the European Union reaching record levels in recent weeks.