EU summit instructed to help consumers and companies in connection with rising gas prices

"The European Council instructs the member states and the European Commission to urgently and best use a set of tools to provide short-term assistance to the most vulnerable consumers and European companies, taking into account the diversity and specificity of the situation in the member states," TASS quotes the statement of the leaders of the EU countries following the first day of the summit in Brussels ...

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club, said that the gas shortage in Europe is the result of the economic policy pursued by the European Commission.

The State Duma supported his words.