SOCHI, October 5 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was surprised when Moldova announced that they would no longer buy Russian gas, according to the Russian leader , Russia had previously accepted Chisinau’s conditions for gas supplies, and Gazprom head Alexey Miller told him that they had not stopped.
“I once noticed that one of the Moldovan officials said that Moldova no longer buys Russian gas. To be honest, I was a little surprised, because the conditions under which we supply gas to Moldova are Moldovan conditions «It was the Moldovans who asked us for such a supply and pricing formula, it was precisely the Moldovan proposal. And we went to the meeting, despite all the contradictions in the field of politics. We chose the proposal of the Moldovan side,» Putin said at a plenary session of the Valdai discussion club .
He noted that at the same time it is necessary to resolve issues related to debt obligations.
«Despite statements by Moldovan officials that Moldova has stopped receiving our gas, I asked Miller yesterday or today: “Listen, what are they doing, what are they doing there, they don’t need gas?” He says: “No, the same way we supplied it, that’s how we supply it, nothing has changed at all.” What kind of people are they, they are wagging their tongues there, it’s unclear why they are doing this, in my opinion they are only causing damage to the economy of Moldova,” Putin emphasized.
Earlier, the Minister of Energy of Moldova, Viktor Parlikov, said that the republic would no longer purchase gas from Gazprom «.
Putin's speech at the plenary meeting of the Valdai Club. Online report >>