OUR Russia agreed on all the main parameters for the sale of natural gas China through Mongolia– said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president called Europe’s calls for a price ceiling on Russian gas “stupid” and said that Russia would terminate its supply contracts if the West imposed a price ceiling on Russian exports.

Moscow will have no problem selling its vast energy resources around the world despite Western sanctions, the Russian president said, arguing that the imposition of the cap would drive up prices and that global demand for Russian energy was strong.

Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, the Russian president said that Germany and Western sanctions were responsible for the failure of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, while Ukraine and Poland unilaterally decided to close other gas pipelines that transported natural resources . gas to Europe.

Europe is facing a looming energy crisis and skyrocketing electricity bills after Gazprom completely halted gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 after it claims oil leaked from its turbine during repairs. works.

“Nord Stream 1 is now effectively closed,” Putin said, urging Germany to return the turbine for the Portovaya compressor station, which would allow Russia to start pumping gas again.

“There, an oil spill is a potentially explosive situation, a fire hazard. The turbine cannot work. Give us a turbine and we will open Nord Stream 1 tomorrow. But they don’t give us anything,” Putin said.

He noted that Russia will stop pumping natural gas and oil if a price ceiling for Russian energy resources is set.

^{According to AFP, REUTERS, APE-MPE.}