MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. Russia and Iran continue working out an option of oil and gas swaps, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak told reporters.

"We are already working with them [with Iran - TASS] in this area, weighing individual routes and mechanisms. This pertains to oil and gas swaps," Novak clarified.

Russia and Iran are discussing oil and gas swaps, Novak said in May 2022. An option of energy supplies to Northern Iran and different logistical routes are being looked at, through the Caspian Sea and other countries, by rail and oil pipeline, he noted.