Russian President Vladimir Putin. File photoMOSCOW, April 13Decisions by European and American politicians to impose new anti-Russian restrictions have led to an unprecedented crisis in the West, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on the development of the Arctic.
"Refusal of a number of Western countries from normal cooperation, including from Russian energy resources — from at least part of them, has already hit millions of Europeans, provoked a real energy crisis, and is reflected, by the way, in the United States. Prices are rising everywhere, and inflation is simply going through the roof — for these countries it is absolutely unprecedented. noted that Russia, of course, also faces problems, but considers this as the emergence of new opportunities and options. According to the head of state, the country will be able to increase domestic consumption of oil, gas and coal, stimulate deep processing of raw materials and increase energy supplies to other regions of the world .
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