# Europe needs Russian energy to survive, envoy says

https://mins.news/en/item/85122

- TASS, 2026-10-04 06:59 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2197257

> Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s presidential special representative for investment and foreign economic cooperation and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said European countries need Russian energy to survive. He said the EU’s ideological energy mistakes were already having major consequences as winter approaches, while commenting on a post about rising European gas prices.