He said this during a joint meeting of G20 energy ministers.

“Unilateral restrictions of Western countries against Russia provoke interruptions in energy supplies and an increase in world energy prices,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that anti-Russian measures led to an energy crisis.

Alexander Frolov, Deputy General Director of the National Energy Institute, commented on the situation with gas in Europe in an interview with the Economics Today FBA.