Putin: Payments for gas supplies to the EU in rubles only

Russia will no longer accept payments in dollars or euros for deliveries natural gas in the European Union, announced today, Wednesday (23/3) the Vladimir Putinnoting at the same time that the Russian authorities have one week to implement the new payment system, in rubles.

According to the APE, which quotes Reuters and AFP, the Russian president noted, during a government meeting, that he made the decision “to implement a set of measures to move to payments in rubles of our gas delivered to enemy countries and to abandon all settlements with compromised currencies».

As he explained, these measures are reaction in the freezing of Russia’s assets in the West.

We remind you that the Western countries imposed a series of economic sanctions, mainly on Moscow, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Source: News Beast

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