He stated this in an interview with CNN.
“We secured our independence from the supply of gas, coal and oil from Russia,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Scholz noted that Berlin achieved this by increasing the supply of liquefied natural gas through Western European ports and building new ports on the northern coast of Germany.
Scholz also stressed that the German economy "easily" survived the rejection of Russian gas.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that Germany is facing dependence on LNG due to the rejection of Russian gas.
According to the news portal of the German editorial network RND, the introduction of a price ceiling for Russian oil products creates a threat of rising prices for diesel fuel in Germany.