Vice President of the Security Council of RussiaDmitri Medvedev, today warned the West, after the entry into force of the cap on Russian oil prices, that “winter has only just begun.”
“One thing is clear. This will not be good for the consumer. That’s for sure. So stock up on brandy, blankets and water heaters. Everything is yet to come, the winter It’s only just begun,” he said on his Telegram channel.
Medvedev assures that attempts to regulate prices often lead to the disappearance of the product or an increase in its cost.
“No one has annulled the price law. This will happen with oil. Of course, it will not disappear, but the unimaginable will happen with prices,” he stressed.
The former Russian president ironized that this situation reminds him of a “group of drunken European bourgeoisie” who decide to bathe in icy water, which is why part of them drown.
“These will be buried amid sad toasts that they perished in unequal combat with the Russian bear and General winter. Well, that is the path they have chosen! What for the Russian is good, for the German is death,” she explained.
The Kremlin assured today that does not recognize any cap on the price of its oil and preparing a response to the decision of the European Union and the G7 to set as of this Monday a maximum price for Russian crude oil of 60 dollars per barrel.
At the time, he russian government He announced that he will not supply crude to those countries that impose restrictions on their oil prices due to the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
US accuses Russia of using winter as a weapon in Ukraine
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkaccused the Russian government on Sunday of using winter as a weapon in the war in Ukraine and pointed it out for attacking the infrastructure and energy sources of citizens in the European country.
In an interview with CBS on the program Face The NationBlinken assured that the Russian president, Vladimir Putinhas rejected attempts at dialogue to end the conflict and, instead, has intensified its offensive.
“He has redoubled his bets on everything: mobilizing more force, annexing territory in Ukraine and now trying to use winter as a weapon“said the Secretary of State.
The blink stressed that because Russia “has not been able to win on the battlefield” the Government of Putin now it is attacking Ukrainian civilians “going against their energy infrastructure, trying to leave them without electricity and without heating.” (With information from EFE)