Putin Warns Europe Against Excluding Russia From Gas Market

TREE NEWS update: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 27 at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow that any attempt to exclude Russia from the global gas market would have serious consequences and raise costs for gas consumers in other countries. He warned European nations with a Russian proverb: “Don’t dig a pit for someone else, or you’ll fall into it yourself.” Putin also said escalating Middle East tensions and damaged supply routes heighten the risk of long-term imbalance in the global gas market.