UMongameli we-European Commission, u-Ursula von der Leyen, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uhlongoze ukungenelela emakethe kagesi ukuze angabeki inani lentengo yegesi yaseRussia efinyelela eYurophu ngamapayipi ahlukahlukene egesi, naphezu kokuthi iRussia It. isivele ithuthukile ukuthi uma kunjalo izonqamula yonke into. UVon der Leyen wethula ukubuka kuqala kohlelo lokuzama ukwehlisa intengo kagesi kongqongqoshe bamandla bamashumi amabili nesikhombisa, ngombono oyisisekelo wokwehliswa kwentengo kagesi kugesi. Abanye baphinde baphakamisa ukuthi iKhomishini ingavala inzuzo yenkampani yamandla ukuze iqoqe imali yokusiza amabhizinisi asengozini kanye nabathengi.
Umongameli weKhomishini ushicilele i-tweet echaza ngokwejwayelekile imibono mayelana nokungenelela okumenyezelwe emakethe kagesi: “U-Putin usebenzisa amandla njengesikhali ngokunqamula ukunikezwa nokuxhaphaza izimakethe zethu zamandla. Iphumelela futhi iYurophu izohluleka. IKhomishana ilungiselela iziphakamiso zokusiza imindeni esengozini kanye namabhizinisi ukubhekana namanani aphezulu kagesi. " Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umkhulumeli we-Kremlin, u-Dimitri Peskov, wavuma esitatimendeni ejensi ye-Interfax ukuthi "izinkinga zokupompa igesi zavela ngenxa yezinhlawulo amazwe aseNtshonalanga ayethula ngokumelene nezwe lethu kanye nezinkampani ezihlukahlukene. Azikho ezinye izizathu ebezingadala le nkinga yokumpompa.”
Owake waba nguMengameli waseRussia uDmitri Medvedev usole iJalimane ngeSonto ngokuba ngumsebenzi womtapo wolwazi “empini eyingxubevange” emelene neRussia, ngokubona kwakhe izothethelela ukunqanyulwa kwegesi kuleli. “IGermany iyizwe elinobutha elinojeziso lwentela kuwo wonke umnotho waseRussia futhi lihlinzeka i-Ukraine ngezikhali ezibulalayo. Ngamanye amazwi, imemezele impi ehlanganisiwe ngokumelene neRussia. Uziphathisa okwesitha saseRussia,” usho kanje. KuloMsombuluko uphendule izitatimende zika-von der Leyen ngokuthi iRussia izomisa ukunikezela kunoma yiliphi izwe elibeka intengo yegesi noma uwoyela waseRussia. Kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, ukunikezwa okuvela eRussia kumisiwe, ngokusemthethweni ngenxa yezizathu zobuchwepheshe.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, iKhomishana iphikisene ngokuthi uhlelo lwamanani entengo lusekelwe endleleni ekhuthaza ukunwetshwa kwamandla avuselelekayo ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuwashintsha. Kodwa-ke, ukuqhuma kwentengo yegesi kugcine kuphule lo mkhuba ngenxa yokushuba kwesimo somnotho okwenzekayo. Ekungeneleleni kwenkundla yezepolitiki eJalimane, u-Von der Leyen wayenomkhuba wokukholelwa ukuthi "sesifikile isikhathi sokusetha intengo ephezulu yegesi ethunyelwa eYurophu ngamapayipi aseRussia", njengesinyathelo sesikhashana esihlanganiswe neMikhankaso ukunciphisa okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kwamandla.
Ngaphambi kwalokho obekulindelekile
Okwamanje, isinyathelo sokuqala iKhomishana esithathile ukuze kuzuzwe izinqolobane zegesi ezingama-80 kulo lonke elaseYurophu bekuzofezwa ngokushesha kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe, yingakho uBrussels ephikelela ngokuthi akumele kube nezinkinga zokuhlinzeka ebusika .
Emlayezweni wakhe, u-Von der Leyen wachaza ukuthi izinhloso zesiphakamiso seKhomishini yilezi: ukunciphisa isidingo sikagesi, ukubeka igesi elivela eRussia ngamapayipi, ukusiza abathengi abasengozini kanye nezinkampani ngemali engenayo yamandla omkhakha, okuzophinde kuncishiswe enzuzweni yabo kodwa ngendlela ezokwazi ukweseka abakhiqizi bakagesi ababhekene nezinselelo zokushoda kwezinto ezihlobene nokuntengantenga kwezimakethe” ngenxa yamanani aphezulu.
