US President Donald Trump, criticizing Russia, first of all seeks to ensure the economic interests of his country and supplant competitors from energy markets, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov on the air of RBC radio, on Wednesday, September 24. and liquefied gas at a higher price.
“Trump is a businessman. The simplest is to make the whole world buy American oil and more expensive American LNG. And, avoiding some intricate diplomatic techniques, he actually said,” Peskov said.
So he commented on the rhetoric of Trump, which has been invitated in recent days. European countries to refuse purchases of Russian energy resources.
Presidential spokesman compared Trump’s position with the famous satirical miniature of Roman Kartsev. “He wants to force Europeans to buy small crayfish for five rubles, instead of buying large three. This is a matter of economic feasibility,” he said.
Peskov recalled that Russia successfully redirects oil and gas supply to other markets, including China, with which a large contract was recently signed. Trump, speaking in the fields of the UN General Assembly after meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, called Russia’s participation in the conflict “aimless”, and its economy is “terrible”, comparing the country with the “paper tiger.”
in response, Peskov said that Russia is more likely to be associated with the bear, and “there are no paper bears”. “Russia is a real bear. [President] Putin repeatedly described our bear with different emotions. There is nothing paper here,” Peskov emphasized.
He also indicated that despite sanctions and restrictions, Russia retains macroeconomic stability. According to him, in conditions of complete unpredictability of the global economy, “traditional economic analysis became impossible.”
In addition, Peskov separately commented on Trump’s statement that Ukraine “can return all the lost territories, or maybe even go further.” The position received by the American politician from the Ukrainian side.
He emphasized that the position of Moscow on the issue of territories remains unchanged. “We cannot agree with everything that Mr. Trump says, especially when it comes to Ukraine’s chances to return any territory,” Peskov said.