Vladimir Putin says there is no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, blaming Ukraine for refusing to extend the agreement.
The current five-year deal that supplies Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria with Russian gas via Ukraine expires at the end of the year.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv will not renew the agreement.
“There is no contract, and it is impossible to conclude it in three to four days,” Putin said in a televised briefing, adding that Kyiv was punishing Europe by the move.
The Russian leader also said that Moscow is ready to supply gas via Ukraine to any customer, but a lawsuit was making that impossible.
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