“Gazprom’s long-term plans are always focused on the future... The cycle in the implementation of your projects is quite large, and this fully meets the national interests, goals and priorities of Russia as a great power, one of the sovereign centers of the multipolar world,” he said.
In early February, it was reported that the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, met with the ministers of energy of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, they discussed the possibilities of trilateral cooperation in the gas industry.
Putin also called the right decision to keep Gazprom as a single strategic complex.