Putin finds alternative destination for Russian gas instead of Europe
Photo: Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin (Getty Images)
The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, has found an alternative destination for Russian gas instead of Europe. This involves tens of billions of cubic meters per year, according to The Moscow Times.
At this stage, Moscow and Tehran are discussing technical issues related to plans for the export of Russian gas to the country.
"As for the volumes of potential supplies, we believe that it should start with small volumes, up to 2 billion cubic meters," Putin said at a press conference following talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Overall, he noted, this could eventually reach up to 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year in supplies to Iran.
Putin and Pezeshkian meeting
Recently, media outlets reported that Iran is holding secret negotiations with Russia regarding the implementation of its nuclear program. Furthermore, as previously reported, Russia and Iran plan to sign a strategic partnership agreement on January 17. Interestingly, the document does not recognize the occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian.
Additionally, as political technologist Taras Zahorodnii mentioned in a comment to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel, the agreement will not affect the course of the war in Ukraine.
This issue is particularly relevant since, after the signing of a similar agreement between Russia and North Korea, North Korean troops began participating in the war in Ukraine, with two of them recently captured by the Defense Forces in the Kursk direction.
