Russia, unlike Europe, always fulfills its obligations under agreements and will not “shoot myself in the foot” by stopping gas supplies. “We are decent people. Long-term agreements were concluded with Europe. We always fulfill our obligations, unlike Europe and the USA”, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Larov, answering the question why Russia did not stop gas exports to the EU, despite all the negativity coming from this country.
„Europe now meets its main needs with liquefied natural gas, including American gas. But if someone wants to buy gas from us, we never renege on our agreements. We are neighbors. We have a pipeline system. Despite the fact that three “threads“ "North Streams" were blown up, the pipeline system is preserved, including through Ukraine, through Turkey, through the Black Sea. If it's mutually beneficial, why shoot yourself in the foot? Let him “shoot“ at your feet. “beautiful Europe”, noted the head of Russian diplomacy.
According to Lavrov, for many decades, since the time of the Soviet Union, since the 1970s, Moscow has been establishing mutually beneficial cooperation in gas supplies. “Thanks to this affordable, reliable source of gas supply, the European, mostly German, energy sector and the economy as a whole lived. [German] Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview that Russia itself stopped gas supplies to Europe. He is of age. Why should I lie? Everyone knows very well how it all happened. Even under Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US forced Germany not to launch the "Nord Stream 1" gas pipelines. and Nord Stream 2, use more expensive (much more expensive) US LNG”, he stressed.