I shot myself in the foot again: How will the desperate EU pay for Russian gas?

It is completely unclear how the European Union will pay for Russian gas after the imposition of sanctions against Russian banks. This was stated in the social network X by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev.

So he commented on the EU ban on transactions with 20 Russian banks as part of the 20th package of sanctions.

"How will a desperate EU pay for the Russian gas it will soon be begging for?" — Dmitriev is ironic, quoted by RIA Novosti.

As reported by EADaily, earlier the Council The EU at the ministerial level has completed the approval procedure for the 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions and financing of Ukraine for 90 billion euros for 2026-2027. This was stated by the head of the European Council Antonio Costa.