“Despite the things that are obvious to everyone, European countries are constantly talking about refusing Russian supplies, which further destabilize the market and inflate prices with their own hands, primarily for their citizens,” he said.
Earlier, the Russian president noted that the refusal of a number of Western countries to cooperate with Russia hit the Americans and Europeans themselves.
The Independent newspaper, citing a group of representatives from more than 550 food banks, wrote that rising food and electricity prices in Britain are pushing some citizens to the "edge of the abyss."