He made the corresponding statement in video format at the EU inter-parliamentary conference in Prague.
“Russia cannot be allowed to exploit the sanctions fatigue that some of our countries are experiencing... We must speak to our citizens and explain what our responsibility looks like in the current crisis, and also emphasize the importance of efforts to eliminate our strategic energy dependence on Russia,” - TASS quotes him.
Earlier, protests took place in a number of EU countries, for example, on September 4, a demonstration was held in Cologne, Germany in support of Russia and against arms supplies to Ukraine, and on September 3, a large anti-government rally was held in the center of Prague due to local residents' dissatisfaction with the measures taken by the authorities to combat rising gas prices and general rise in commodity prices.