"We observe the overall level of reduction by the end of 2020 by about 3% throughout the world market, by the same amount, we expect that next year the market will recover in full," Novak quoted TASS as saying.
In October, Novak spoke about the interaction between Russia and the EU in the gas sector.
Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund, commented on the situation with Nord Stream 2 on the air of NSN.