Heat, electricity and energy costs are increasing: they don’t get cheaper

• The global economy, which was just beginning to recover from the pandemic, is slipping into an energy crisis. Oil, coal and gas prices are rising rapidly.
• To understand the problem, it is useful to break it down into its individual parts. Therefore, it is worth taking a look at individual regions of the world and the state of energy and raw materials there.
• According to the head of the chemical operator Infraleuna, higher gas prices could trigger a domino effect. Some companies are already struggling.

Vladimir Putin takes a deep breath, his expression more serious than usual. The Russian president puts his speech notes on his desk, then addresses his government and the Russian people — and video — from his residence in Novo Ogaryovo somewhat near Moscow, the outside world as well.