Dmitriev commented on rumors about EU plans to purchase gas

On April 21, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and special representative of the President of Russia for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, commented on information about the plans of the European Union (EU) for centralized gas purchases.

"[European Commission President] Ursula von der Leyen did it with vaccines. Now she wants coordinated gas purchases across the EU. She uses every crisis in the same way: she weakens European states, centralizes power in Brussels, and imposes costly and erroneous decisions on everyone else," he said in a statement. Twitter).

This is how the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund reacted to the publication of the Politico newspaper, which reported that the European Commission intends to return to the practice of coordinated pan-European fuel purchases. According to the newspaper, this decision is due to concerns about the stability of supplies amid the conflict in the Middle East.

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