Germany in 'much better position' to deal with Russian gas threat: Scholz

Government measures to assure supplies of gas over the winter have prepared Germany to deal with further curbs in Russian deliveries, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday, a day before Moscow is due to cut off gas supplies for three days.

The preparations meant Germany “was in a much better position in terms of security of supply than was foreseeable a couple of months ago, and that we can deal well with the threats we are confronted with from Russia, which uses gas as part of its strategy in the war against Ukraine”, Scholz said in a statement ahead of a government retreat.