Russia Behaved “Like a Drug Dealer” Over Gas Supplies, says Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki

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Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki (left), Russian president Vladimir Putin (right)
Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki (left), Russian president Vladimir Putin (right)

The Kremlin behaved “like a drug dealer” regarding Europe’s gas supplies, according to Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

“Initially, the gas [from Russia] was supposed to be very cheap, but the real price of the gas we now know. The real price of the gas is also the blood of soldiers and people, children and women in Ukraine, and the real price of gas is the current harsh winter coming in Europe,” he said.

Russia suspended gas flows to Europe last month, sparking the region’s most significant energy crisis in decades.

Speaking to CNBC’s Charlotte Reed in an exclusive interview Thursday, Morawiecki said Europe’s current energy issues were “consequences of a very wrong policy, disastrous policy, which was led by Germany.”

The Polish leader made the comments in Prague as 44 European leaders met to discuss the war in Ukraine and Europe’s energy crisis. It is the first meeting of a new group called the European Political Community.

“Lack of gas, very expensive prices of gas and electricity all over Europe – this is the real price of the agreement between Germany and Russia,” Morawiecki said.