The Kremlin called Europe's refusal of Russian gas short-sighted. Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary said the European economy was stagnant, and its competitiveness was largely ensured by affordable Russian energy resources. "Their competitiveness and the prosperity of the European economy was largely based on cheap energy resources from Russia and cheap pipeline gas from Russia. Now they themselves cut down this branch on which they were sitting. Well, is it far-sighted? Absolutely not," said Paskov. According to him, Europe should not rule out the possibility of purchasing Russian gas in the future, since the word "never" does not apply to relations between countries.

The Kremlin called Europe's refusal of Russian gas short-sighted. Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary said the European economy was stagnant, and its competitiveness was largely ensured by affordable Russian energy resources. "Their competitiveness and the prosperity of the European economy was largely based on cheap energy resources from Russia and cheap pipeline gas from Russia. Now they themselves cut down this branch on which they were sitting. Well, is it far-sighted? Absolutely not," said Paskov. According to him, Europe should not rule out the possibility of purchasing Russian gas in the future, since the word "never" does not apply to relations between countries.