Putin says considering proactively cutting off natural gas to Europe.

On March 4th local time, Russian President Putin said in an interview with Russian media that the current prices of oil and natural gas are indeed rising, due to restrictions on Russian energy and the aggression of the United States and Israel towards Iran. The European Union also plans to completely ban the import of pipeline natural gas and liquefied natural gas from Russia. Putin said that since the EU will eventually ban the import of Russian gas, Russia might as well proactively "cut off gas" to Europe, stop supplying to the European market, and turn to emerging markets. Putin reiterated that Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier and will continue to cooperate in this way with reliable European partners such as Slovakia and Hungary.