Russia should diversify energy exports towards Asia: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday referred to as for diversification of energy exports in the direction of Asia, caution that European international locations were destabilizing the marketplace by transferring to cut out Russian deliveries.

“We need to diversify exports… step by step shift the direction of our exports to the fast-growing markets of the south and east,” Putin said at a televised meeting on the energy sector. He criticized actions by means of European international locations to forestall using Russian energy, pronouncing those “further destabilize the market and push up prices”.