Russia is willing to sell its oil and gas to certain countries at “any price point,” the country’s energy minister said Tuesday, as the Kremlin seeks to maintain its main source of revenue despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed during the Ukraine crisis.
The offer, according to Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov, is only for “friendly countries” that haven’t imposed sanctions since the Kremlin’s violent assault of Ukraine began.
Shulginov discussed the health of Russia’s energy sector in an interview with Kremlin-friendly tabloid Izvestia. Despite rising…