Why Europe doesn’t want long-term gas contracts with Russia

Now that Russian natural gas supplier Gazprom has replenished Russia’s gas storage facilities and started to export more oil to Europe in early November, as promised, Europe’s energy crisis has begun to subside. But could the EU have avoided the crisis altogether, as some suggest, by signing more long term contracts with Gazprom at fixed prices – rather than buying its gas at current market prices only? Jonathan puts this question to Alexander Duleba, an expert in EU energy security and in relations with Russia.

Alexander Duleba, the senior expert at SFPA, gave an interview to Jonathan McCormick for Radio Slovakia International.