MOSCOW – Suggestions that Russia is using energy as a weapon are nonsense, President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 13, pointing to the Soviet Union’s continued supply of gas to Europe during the Cold War, when relations were at an all-time low.
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Reuters: Putin says idea that Russia uses energy as a weapon is nonsense
(FILES) This file photo taken on Sept. 7, 2020 shows a road sign directing traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, north eastern Germany. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was officially completed on the morning of Sept. 10, according to the official Telegram channel of Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom.
