President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian energy giant Gazprom accept payments for your natural gas exports in rubles. According to a statement from the Kremlin on Friday (25), it is being discussed how this can be done in the next four days.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas, Novatek, had not received such instructions.
Putin said Russia would seek payment in rubles for gas sold to “hostile” countries after the United States and European allies banded together to impose sanctions on Russia aimed at forcing its withdrawal from Ukraine.
The move was met with dismay in Europe and many companies said contracts with Gazprom stipulated that payment must be made in euros or US dollars, not Russian rubles.
The Kremlin also declared on Friday (25) that Western sanctions against German Grefchairman of the largest Russian bank Sberbank, do not pose a threat to the country’s banking sector or to the bank itself.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Gref on Thursday, saying he was a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, as Washington and its allies tried to increase pressure on Moscow to try to force a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Source: CNN Brasil
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