“Let's call a spade a spade.
Russia restricts exports in order to further raise gas prices, create an energy crisis and justify the launch of Nord Stream 2, RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to the Ukrainian diplomat, the gas shortage in the European market suggests that additional routes are not a guarantee of additional fuel supplies to the EU.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he saw no evidence of manipulation of energy prices by Russia.
The State Department also said that Russia did not provoke a gas crisis in Europe.
On October 27, during a meeting on the resource potential of Yamal, the Russian President asked Gazprom to start work on increasing the volume of gas in European UGS facilities after pumping gas into Russian underground storage facilities.