Russia is ready to continue supplying its oil and gas to Europe, including via the remaining Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion club on Thursday, APA reports citing TASS.
"We are ready to supply both gas and oil. After the explosions on Nord Stream pipelines, one pipe is remaining, so we can pump 27.5 billion cubic meters [of gas annually]," he said. "But they are not interested. If they don’t want to [buy Russian gas], they don’t have to."
Four leaks were discovered in late September on the Nord Stream gas link, with the most recent one pinpointed by Sweden’s coast guard. On September 27, operator Nord Stream AG reported that three lines of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 offshore gas pipelines had suffered unprecedented damage. The first leak was identified on Nord Stream 2 near the Danish Island of Bornholm. Then two leaks were recorded at Nord Stream. Swedish seismologists later reported that two explosions had been recorded along the Nord Stream pipelines on the previous day.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the situation on the West, where they had "actually began to destroy the pan-European energy infrastructure.".
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