According to the politician, the country is actively diversifying LNG supplies: previously, 11 million tons of liquefied natural gas were produced in Russia, at the moment there are four plants with a total capacity of 36 million tons of LNG.
“We set ourselves even more ambitious goals - to reach the level of 60 million tons in the next 3-4 years, then up to 100 million tons.
And this is the resource that will be distributed across all markets,” TASS quoted him as saying.
As Bloomberg reported earlier, citing its own calculations, Europe's refusal of Russian gas cost it about $1 trillion.
According to analysts, if gas prices in the EU rise again to €210 per MWh
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then Europe will not just face a recession, but a sharp economic downturn.