He said this in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, who posted a fragment of the conversation on his Telegram.
“They receive money from us for transit, no matter how strange it may sound. “Aggressor, aggressor,” but money doesn’t smell. They cash out money for transit. Few people talk about this either. Do they receive money from Gazprom? They’re getting it!” - said Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson notified Ukraine that the European Union is not interested in extending the agreement on the transit of Russian gas to Europe. The document expires at the end of 2024.