# Forcing a shift away from hydrocarbons is ‘green hypocrisy,’ Russian deputy FM says

https://mins.news/en/item/62564

- TASS, 2026-09-17 12:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2189003

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov called the rushed, total abandonment of hydrocarbons promoted by some developed countries in favor of a supposedly “pure green economy” an act of “green hypocrisy.” He said such rejection is an ill-conceived way to slow global warming and that purely green economies do not currently exist.