Asking The West Not To Blame Russia For Soaring Oil Prices, President Putin: It's Their Miscalculation

JAKARTA - President Vladimir Putin believes the West is trying to blame Russia for the spike in world energy prices. He expressed this in a meeting with members of the government on Thursday.

"Prices there (for energy operators in EU countries) have increased, but not because of our fault. This is the result of their own miscalculation. They should not blame us for this," President Putin stressed, quoted from TASS March 11 .

"The same goes for the spike in the prices of oil and petroleum products in the United States. They announced they were closing imports of Russian oil into the American market, prices there are high, inflation is very high, maybe all the time. They are trying to shift the blame for their wrong results. himself to us," he said, describing the situation.

According to him, this has implications for market experts, "because the supply of Russian oil to the American market does not exceed 3 percent."

"These are negligible volumes, and their prices are going up. We have absolutely nothing to do with it, and even here the ban on Russian oil imports has absolutely nothing to do with it. They are just hiding behind this decision to once again, cheat their own population," President Putin criticized.

The Russian leader drew attention to the fact that the United States even tried to negotiate with countries that had once imposed unlawful restrictions by Washington.

"They are ready to make peace with Iran, immediately sign all documents and with Venezuela. They go to Venezuela for talks, but they should not introduce these illegal sanctions," President Putin said.

"The same will happen in relations with our country, I have no doubt about that," said President Putin.