Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is ready to supply gas to Europe in the amount stipulated by the contracts, but if the European Union twists its arm and refuses to supply serviced turbines to the “operating” Al Shamali gas pipeline or the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, they won’t get what they want.

He noted: “We have never refused gas supplies to Europe. We built the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and fulfilled all our obligations, but they refused and said that they did not need Russian gas. , and that they could not pay in euros and “dollars, since they stopped corresponding with our banks. Then we decided that the only way for us to use the ruble as a means of payment. That is, the results of the sanctions war unleashed by the West. Yes, we are now ready to supply gas in the contracted volumes.”

The Russian official added: “If they twist our hand, if they block payment, if they refuse to supply repaired turbines or launch Nord Stream 2, it is likely that the volumes of gas supplies will not be in the volumes that Western countries want.”