No signs are in place that Europeans changed their position, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"No, the President exactly emphasized yesterday that it was not a decision, it was a proposal, to be more correct, an instruction to the government to explore this topic," Peskov noted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that he would instruct the national government to consider the shift in gas supplies from Europe to other markets.
Gas prices on European exchanges rose by more than 10% at the opening of trading and exceeded $650 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to data from the London-based ICE exchange.
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The Russian government will meet soon to discuss the suspension of natural gas exports to Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said today.
ReplyDeleteRussia is the European Union's second-largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and also sells gas through the Black Sea undersea pipeline TurkStream to countries including Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia.
ReplyDeleteNovak said Russian gas now covers 12% of Europe's supplies.