Europe Faces Energy Crisis, Dmitriev Predicts Cooperation with Russia

Istanbul (ANTARA) – Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, said on Thursday that Europe is currently facing a very severe energy crisis.

“Europe is facing a very significant energy crisis,” Dmitriev said during a session at the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum.

He said Europe was still buying gas from Russia despite prices surging. Dmitriev said this was a situation that should not be forgotten.

He added that a resumption of cooperation between Russia and Europe was inevitable.

“Many were surprised by our efforts to establish economic cooperation with the United States. But now they want to be involved in the process,” Dmitriev said.

He said he believed that, as Russia reached more agreements with the US, some European companies would step up efforts to participate so they would not be left behind.

Earlier, on Wednesday (21 October), Russian President Vladimir Putin met US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff at the Konstantin Palace in St Petersburg. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and Dmitriev also attended the meeting.

Dmitriev later disclosed that Russia and the US were actively discussing several projects in the energy sector and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres.