Published: September 8th, 2022,
Last updated: October 4th, 2022
After months of hesitation in Europe, the price cap on Russian gas is coming after all – and quickly. Yesterday, ahead of Friday’s meeting of energy ministers, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined the contingency plan against high energy costs. „We must reduce Russia’s revenues, which Putin is using to finance his cruel war against Ukraine,“ she said. Vladimir Putin then threatened to cut off supplies completely, as Manuel Berkel reports from Brussels.