Putin called the reasons for the closure of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline by Poland

VLADIVOSTOK, 7 Sep — PRIME. Poland stopped the operation of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline not only for political reasons, it decided to buy Russian gas from Germany at a slightly cheaper reverse, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

“So Poland took Yamal-Europe closed. It put it under sanctions. For political reasons. Not only. It turns out that the Poles bought gas from us more expensive than the Germans. They closed the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, but began to buy on the reverse in Germany our gas is right there, a little bit cheaper than from Gazprom,” Putin said at the WEF plenary session.

Putin noted that “the Germans, getting the cheapest gas, began to sell the Poles a little more expensive.”

“That’s all. This is the basis of this decision,” he concluded.

The WEF takes place on September 5-8 on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok. RIA Novosti acts as the general media partner of the forum.