Report: Europe, Britain ‘Have Been Panicking’ After Gazprom Closes Nord Stream Indefinitely | Farsnews Agency

 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to close the Nord Stream gas pipeline has left the UK panic-stricken, Angela Knight, former chief executive of the trade association Energy UK, told Times Radio on Sunday.

She described the move as the Russian president’s attempt to unleash an economic war against the Western countries.

“He's actually playing the economic war extremely well. He's playing the psychological war extremely well. We have been panicking as a country - Europe has been panicking as well - and it's not surprising and I'm not critical of it,” Knight said.

The ex-CEO of the Energy UK also accused the government of pursuing “wrong” energy policy, which she claimed “has resulted in a lot of dependencies from external countries, and they're not all that friendly”.

Speaking of “a really nasty shock” that Britons “have had”, Knight warned that getting through this winter would be a “difficult” and “pricey” task.