"Russia’s role is enormous: de-dollarization and de-Americanization, decolonization began when the imposed conflict in Ukraine started. It looked like a regional conflict, but in essence it is a struggle between Russia and the collective West, Russia and NATO, and if you really look at it - the East and the West, a clash of the majority of states and nations of the world with the colonial West," Bajatovic said.
"I can tell you that there is no medium-term and, I think, long-term solution for supplying gas to Europe without Russian gas. Azerbaijan needs gas purchase guarantees for 15 years in order to invest funds and move from 18 billion cubic meters of production annually to 36 billion. The Americans will also demand long-term contracts for the supply of their LNG [liquefied natural gas], they must build new ships, organize new shale gas production. All this takes time," Bajatovic said.