VDL humiliated as US official claims Russia 'took advantage' of EU's energy crisis

Mr Hochstein now believes Russia is on the cusp of fully weaponising the vital resource.

Europe is heavily dependent on outside sources for gas and Russia is by far the EU’s biggest supplier of the fossil fuel.

The State Department advisor said: “They’ve come very close to the line of using it as a weapon by suggesting that if a political decision was taken in Germany… to certify the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, all of a sudden, gas would appear, and there would be plenty of gas from Russia for Europe.”

In his opinion, Russia has shown its true colours during the energy crunch, claiming that Moscow’s ministers “never let a good crisis go to waste”.

source: express.co.uk