Dmitriev on the negotiations EU with Putin: Energy crisis opens "eyes wide shut"

The energy crisis forced The EU should open its eyes wide shut, said Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, head of the RDIF.

Earlier, the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, noted that the European Union was preparing for potential talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the conflict in Ukraine. Ukraine.

"The energy crisis opens wide closed eyes," he wrote on Twitter, commenting on an article by the Financial Times newspaper about the EU's preparations for potential negotiations with Russia.

As reported by EADaily, the head of the European Council, Antonio Costa, said that the EU countries "have the potential" to hold talks with Vladimir Putin. "I am negotiating with the leaders of the 27 EU countries to determine the best way to organize our work and understand what we need to discuss with Russia when the right time comes," Costa explained, speaking at the European University Institute in Florence (quoted by the Financial Times). At the same time, he noted: at the moment, no one sees signs that Moscow is ready to "effectively participate in serious negotiations."