Putin stressed the importance of maintaining reasonable prices for oil products inside Russia

“We need to ensure a sufficient supply of petroleum products on the domestic market.

And at affordable prices,” he said following the meeting on the oil and gas industry.

Earlier, Putin said that the country needs to accelerate the implementation of infrastructure projects to redirect oil and gas supplies from the west to promising markets - to the south and east.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said earlier that Russia is studying the issue of diversifying energy supplies.