Moscow considers the US allegations of “Russian energy weapons” to be the insinuations. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov.
So he commented on the statement of the representative of the State Department that “Russia used energy as a hostile player for hostile purposes.” According to Ryabkov, Moscow is not the first to hear arguments on this topic.
“Without a doubt, colleagues in Washington will continue to prank on this thesis,” Ryabkov said.
According to the deputy minister, American officials have long supported the policy of dictatorship in relation to countries interested in building equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia by referring to the “external enemy” in both energy and military-technical cooperation.
“The Americans openly seek to“ lay a mine ”under the“ Nord Stream – 2 ″, now they have released a line of insinuations about the line we draw on the world energy markets amid extreme price volatility and a sharp drop in energy demand, which is primarily due to the shock effect for the transport industry around the world as a result of an outbreak of infection, ”Ryabkov said.