Putin says Russia should diversify energy exports towards Asia — Naharnet

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for diversification of energy exports towards Asia, while accusing European countries of destabilizing the market by moving to cut out Russian deliveries. “We need to diversify exports,” Putin said at a televised government meeting on the energy sector. “We need to proceed on the basis that in the foreseeable future, supplies of energy to the West will be reduced,” he acknowledged, as Western countries have announced measures to ban or reduce the use of Russian oil, gas and coal due to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. Russia should continue the direction it has…