In Germany, they appreciated the plans of the G7 to create a coalition for the “ceiling of prices” for oil

MOSCOW, Sep 2 — PRIME. It is necessary to convince all EU countries to join a coalition to impose a price ceiling on Russian oil – the larger the coalition, the faster the result will be obtained. So says German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.

“Today we agreed that we will create a coalition, in addition to the members of the G7, we want to convince all EU members to join it … the larger this coalition to limit prices, the faster we will probably get good results,” the official said following the results. adoption of the statement of the heads of the G7 finance ministries.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak said that Russia would not supply energy to countries that would join the agreement on the maximum price for its oil.

Director of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Birichevsky noted that the introduction of a price ceiling on Russian oil and gas is risky and will only aggravate the energy crisis, in the event of such steps from the West, Russian companies will act on the basis of economic expediency.