(Reuters) – Dmitry Medevedev, the former President of Russia, stated on Sunday that cooperation in energy matters with Europe had become stagnant or insignificant due to the challenging times faced by European countries and their bleak prospects for growth.
Russian news agencies quoted Medvedev, who currently serves as Deputy Secretary of the Security Council, as saying on social media, “Europe has castrated itself in bloody fashion and without anaesthesia by walking away from energy cooperation with our country.”
Medvedev further emphasized, “This cooperation is either spoiled or frozen for some time.”
Having held the presidency from 2008 to 2012, Medvedev has positioned himself as one of Russia’s most outspoken hardliners.
(Reporting by Reuters)
