OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson published on his website, accused Poland of closing the Yamal —Europe gas pipeline, through which large volumes of gas were supplied to Germany, expressing misunderstanding of this decision.

"Poland has closed it, but Poland is pecking at the Germans, it receives money from pan—European funds, and Germany is the main donor to these pan-European funds. Germany feeds Poland to a certain extent," the head of state said.

According to him, in the current situation, he does not understand why Warsaw decided to close this gas pipeline.

Earlier it became known that by the end of January 2024, total pipeline gas supplies from Russia to Europe increased 1.4 times (by 41 percent) compared to the same period in 2023 and reached 2.52 billion cubic meters.