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Russia’s Medvedev threatens ‘no gas’ for Europe if Brussels adopts price cap

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Reuters
Updated: Sep 2, 2022, 14:38 GMT+00:00

(Reuters) - Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would turn off gas supply to Europe if Brussels pushes ahead with a price cap on Russian gas.

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, delivers a speech in Saint Petersburg

(Reuters) – Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would turn off gas supply to Europe if Brussels pushes ahead with a price cap on Russian gas.

Responding to comments by European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen about putting a ceiling on the price Europe pays for Russian gas, Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app: “There will simply be no Russian gas in Europe.”

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Jason Neely)

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