“Old equipment is not a ‘friend of Putin’, but a friend of the Americans, because now more American liquefied gas is being supplied,” Peskov said.
He noted that American liquefied gas is more expensive than Russian.
According to him, the old equipment is also a “friend” of the European leadership, which has decided to reduce the reliable, predictable, cheap and predictable Russian pipe gas.
Earlier, Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas said that Europeans should abandon old household appliances because of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Addressing readers, he advised them to throw away the "old refrigerator", called this technique "Putin's friend."
The article explained that electricity savings are linked to savings in natural gas, as much of Europe's electricity is generated by burning gas.
Earlier, the International Energy Agency said that the United States supplied 75% of the additional volume of liquefied natural gas to Europe, strengthening its position as the largest supplier of LNG.