In conclusion of his visit to Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin answered journalists’ questions
News conference following visit to Uzbekistan
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September 16, 2022 19:00 Samarkand
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The second mistake concerns natural gas.
We made attempts to persuade the Europeans to focus on long-term contracts rather than solely on the market .....................................................
Mutual obligations are incurred by the sellers and the buyers. They said, “No, let the market regulate itself.“ We kept telling them, “Don't do it or it will lead to drastic consequences.” But in fact, they forced us to include a significant share of the spot price in the contract price.
They forced us to do this, and Gazprom had to include both the oil and oil product basket but also the spot price in the gas price. ....................
But what does it have to do with us? This is the first thing.
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