“I have already said many times that it is too early to give up hydrocarbons.

20, 30, and maybe even 50 years, all this will be actively used, ”TASS quotes him as saying at a meeting of the Council for Science and Education.

In this context, Putin drew attention to the possibilities of Russia in the gas sector.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said that China is ready to actively promote cooperation with Russia along the entire energy production chain.