Gas in the country is currently at least 74% more expensive than in 2021, when most of it was supplied by Russia
German families have overpaid thousands in energy costs since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 due to price spikes triggered by the loss of cheap Russian gas, Bild reported on Wednesday.
Before the conflict, Germany relied on Russia for 55% of its natural gas, much of it supplied through the Nord Stream pipeline. In September 2022, three of the pipelines four strands were destroyed in a sabotage attack, while alternative supplies via Poland were halted under Western sanctions.
Verivox calculations for Bild showed that a…
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