Putin: By Abandoning Russian Oil, EU Competitiveness Diminished + Lavrov: Washington & London Control Ukraine

"One gets the impression that Western Colleagues, politicians and economists, have simply forgotten the foundations of elementary, basic economic laws, or to their detriment they choose to deliberately ignore them."

RN: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of the Russian oil industry. At this meeting, Putin explained why Europe's refusal of Russian oil would lead to inflation, to an increase in prices for all energy carriers in Europe, to the fact that this fact would undermine the competitiveness of a significant part of European industry, which is already losing competition to companies from other regions of the world.

 

 

 

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Lavrov: Ukraine Is Controlled From Washington & London

RN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrova, during a meeting with participants in the New Horizons educational marathon, Moscow, May 17, 2022, answered a number of questions. One of the questions was whether it makes sense to conduct direct negotiations with Ukraine, direct negotiations with Kyiv? Does Kyiv really not realize that they are puppets in the hands of the West? Lavrov said that Russia has information that Ukraine is controlled from the USA (Washington) and from the UK (London).