Geoffrey Smith 

Investing.com — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stated Wednesday that Russia was ready to provide more energy to combat a growing crisis. This statement came on Wednesday as spot prices in the U.K. and Europe hit new highs. 

Putin spoke to ministers during a well-staged broadcast of the introductory speech he made at the beginning of a videoconferenced Cabinet meeting. We are open to working on it, but we want such work to be on a completely commercial basis.”