German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once rejected the proposal of Economy Minister Robert Habek to completely nationalize Gazprom Germania Gmbh in order not to provoke a confrontation with Russia and avoid problems in the gas sector, Bloomberg writes citing sources..

According to people familiar with the matter, Economics Minister Robert Habeck pushed for the full nationalization of Gazprom Germania to help restart its operations, but his proposal was rejected by Scholz..

" ) lead to an escalation of confrontation regarding the import of Russian gas,"

On Tuesday evening, the German government announced that it had decided to extend the term of trust management of the gas company Gazprom Germania GmbH for the period and after September 2022 and rename the company to Securing Energy for Europe GmbH.

In addition, according to Bloomberg, the authorities will invest about $ 10.4 billion in the company:

a loan will be given by the German state-owned development bank KfW - "

In early April 2022, the German Ministry of Economy instructed to transfer Gazprom Germania under the control of the Federal Network Agency. The head of the ministry, Robert Habek, justified the decision with the company's non-transparent legal relations and violation of registration rules.. The validity of the decision was - until September 30.

In 2019, the consolidated turnover of Gazprom Germania amounted to 24 billion euros, in 2020 - 13 billion euros.