“There is a gas deal between Russia and Germany valid for 48 months that provides the gas price of 3.5 dollars / m³, but we cannot legally purchase Russian gas any more. Yet the gas deal has been signed. Whether we take our gas or not, we still have to pay. We are pumping this Russian gas, which we already paid for, into a storage facility in Poland, but we don't use it due to Washington-imposed sanctions. Instead, we are buying gas from America, at 27 dollars / m³,~
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