As part of the “20 Questions for Vladimir Putin” project, he noted that after the new Russian-Ukrainian transit agreement, restrictive measures should be lifted, but this did not happen.
The head of state associates this with the fact that their task is to provide competitive advantages to American liquefied gas.
According to him, Washington wants to "ensure the market for its goods solely in its own selfish interests to the detriment of the consumer in Europe."
“But if the primary energy source is 25-30% more expensive, then it omits the entire competitiveness of the German economy and the European one,” Putin said.
In February, US Secretary of Energy Dan Bruyett said that Moscow would not be able to circumvent US sanctions and independently complete the construction of SP-2 due to a lack of necessary technologies.
The Russian Ministry of Energy assured that the projections for the completion date of the project remain.