Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today blamed sanctions on Russia for the energy crisis in Europe.
"Europe is reaping what it has sown. Europe's attitude towards Mr. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and the sanctions have led him, whether we like it or not, to say: 'If you do this, I will do this,'" the Turkish president said on press conference in Ankara.
"Putin is using all the means and weapons at his disposal, above all natural gas. We don't want that, but I think Europe will have serious problems this winter," Erdogan added.
He also said that Turkey will not have "such problems".
The Kremlin announced yesterday that the suspension of the supply of Russian gas to Germany via the strategic Nord Stream gas pipeline is the sole fault of the West, as sanctions against Russia prevent, as Moscow claims, the maintenance of the gas infrastructure.
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