Putin: US Shouldn’t Blame Russia for Rise in Gas Prices

Putin: US Shouldn’t Blame Russia for Rise in Gas Prices
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 22, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the United States and Western countries shouldn’t blame Russia and its conflict with Ukraine for high gas prices domestically.

“Supplies of Russian oil, say, to the American market do not exceed 3 percent. This is a negligible amount. And their prices are growing. We have absolutely nothing to do with it,” Putin said on Thursday, according to state-run media.

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