“Today, I think, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we are observers of the final stage of Europe’s energy suicide,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Grushko noted that the United States is carrying out economic, military and ideological enslavement of Europe, which has exchanged energy freedom for dependence on Washington. 

Earlier, the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, said that Europe's refusal to supply Russian energy resources threatens 6.5-11% of the EU's GDP and about 16 million jobs.