“Natural gas production has decreased, its volume has decreased by 11.8%.

At the same time, I note that, as you know, world gas prices have risen significantly due to the actions of Western countries, and as a result, Russian gas exporters have worked in the past two years with good profits and significantly increased payments to the country's budget system," he said. Putin.

Earlier, Ilya Dolmatov, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Department of World Economy at the Higher School of Economics, expressed the opinion that the Russian budget would not feel the consequences due to the limit on natural gas prices agreed by the EU countries.

Director of the Energy Development Fund, member of the expert council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, member of the public council under the Ministry of Energy Sergey Pikin, in an interview with PolitExpert, also said that Russia has seriously increased the export of liquefied gas.