Britain will call on the G7 to stop Russia using its control of global energy supplies to hold the world to ransom at a summit next month, the Energy Secretary has claimed.
Energy ministers from leading nations hope to reduce the influence President Putin holds over the West by reducing their reliance on gas from Russia,
Speaking ahead of next month’s meeting Ed Davey said there had been several occasions on which Russia had used its control of energy to behave “in quite an aggressive manner”.
A quarter of Europe’s gas is sourced from Russia, and half of that passes through Ukraine.
G7 ministers hope to reduce their reliance on Russia by focusing on alternative gas supplies.
