“I would suggest that they start with themselves and lead by example: set the price for LNG, which America supplies both domestically and abroad, at around $150.

Let them work, and then they offer,” the parliamentarian believes.

He also called the proposal "an attempt at low-quality competition".

Earlier, the US Treasury proposed to set the maximum price for Russian oil in the region of $60.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will not act to its own detriment if Western countries impose a price ceiling on Russian energy resources.

On October 5, oil producers OPEC + at a meeting agreed to reduce production by 2 million barrels per day from November.