Russian parliamentarian Leonid Slutsky said on Friday in a statement to Russian state media that the European Union is jeopardizing its energy security for the sake of US interests and violating market laws by setting ceiling prices for Russian oil, CNN writes. .

“The European Union is jeopardizing its energy security. They didn’t set the ceiling, they fell to the bottom again. And for what? To satisfy the ambitions of its partners overseas. But the Europeans cannot expect help from them,” Slutsky told the Russian news agency TASS.

On Friday, the 27 European Union countries agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 a barrel, a tool designed by the West to deprive Moscow of funds to finance its war in Ukraine.

The deal, which was drawn up by EU ambassadors in Brussels on Thursday in coordination with their G7 allies, including the US and Britain, as well as Australia, was still awaiting a decision from Poland, which gave its go-ahead on Friday night. .

Leonid Slutsky, a high-ranking Russian lawmaker who is also the head of the State Duma’s foreign affairs committee, noted that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Novak had previously made Moscow’s position clear.

“No price restrictions are acceptable. There will be no oil deliveries to countries subject to the price limit, even if it is more profitable,” said Slutsky.

In October, Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not supply energy resources to those countries that set maximum prices, CNN reminds.

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