President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on October 19 of trying to squeeze Russia out of European energy markets, saying the latest round of U.S. sanctions was designed to force Europe to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas instead.
Reuters: Putin – Washington ‘trying to squeeze Russian gas out of Europe’
A picture shows a compressor station of Ukraine's Naftogaz national oil and gas company near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 5, 2014.
