Putin offers to help Europe with its gas problems

Putin offers to help Europe with its gas problems — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told an energy conference in Moscow that his country stands ready to boost its supplies of gas to Europe if asked, dismissing suggestions that the Kremlin might be using gas as a weapon in its dispute with the West.

Commenting on the ongoing gas squeeze in Europe, which put the Union’s dependence on Russian gas squarely in the spotlight, Putin remarked that the gas market is neither balanced nor predictable, particularly in Europe.