{"id":33096,"date":"2022-03-18T15:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33096"},"modified":"2022-03-18T15:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:02:36","slug":"russian-embassy-reacts-to-berishas-remarks-on-gazprom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russian-embassy-reacts-to-berishas-remarks-on-gazprom\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Embassy reacts to Berisha\u2019s remarks on Gazprom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Embassy in Tirana has reacted to a declaration made by former PM Sali Berisha on Gazprom.<\/p>\n<p>In a message <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rusembalb\/43\">shared on social media<\/a><\/strong>, the embassy claims that it was \u2018surprised&#8217; by Berisha\u2019s words\u2019 that he had allegedly refused some 10 years ago a \u2018bribe\u2019 from Gazprom for the development of several energy projects in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question that naturally arises is: How much did ask for that even Gazprom could not collect those fabulous amounts\u201d, wrote the embassy in its post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33097\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Berishaaaa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Berishaaaa.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Berishaaaa-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Berishaaaa-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Berisha claimed that the Russian multinational energy corporation had offered \u2018dizzying figures\u2019 for the TAP project, adding that he refused it at the time in order to defend national interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell to the George Soros&#8217;s mafia, that only for TAP, Sali Berisha was offered fabulous amounts, but he stood in defense of the interests of his country and Europe, as I was convinced that Russian gas pliers to Europe were the worst news for Europe and Albania\u201d, Berisha said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/15\/oil-and-gasoline-prices-will-be-fixed-at-e1-72-euros-liter\/\">Oil and gasoline prices will be fixed at \u20ac1.72 euros\/liter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/09\/berisha-albania-has-the-highest-oil-and-gas-prices-in-all-of-europe\/\">Berisha: Albania has the highest oil and gas prices in all of Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Embassy in Tirana has reacted to a declaration made by former PM Sali Berisha on Gazprom. 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