His words are quoted by TASS.

He added that Brussels "swallowed" the Nord Stream explosion and is trying to cover its tracks.

As noted by the European Commissioner for Economics Paolo Gentiloni, Germany is one of the EU countries most affected by the crisis.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, argues that Europe has completely lost its energy security, having lost access to cheap energy resources from Russia.

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the EU authorities have begun to realize that US policy is leading to the deindustrialization of Europe.