Meanwhile, experts called the consequences of switching to the settlement in rubles with unfriendly countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to transfer all settlements of Gazprom with unfriendly countries for the Russian gas supplied to them in rubles, thereby replacing the compromised currencies of the dollar and euro, TASS reports.
Putin stressed that the order concerns both existing gas supply contracts and those planned to be concluded or extended.
The government and the Central Bank were instructed to develop a set of measures, following which gas buyers were able to purchase Russian rubles for settlements.
It follows from Putin’s statement that the transition to settlement with unfriendly countries in rubles with Gazprom is only the beginning and probably the list of supplier companies will be expanded.
Meanwhile, the head of the oil and gas company OMV of Austria, Alfred Stern, said that the company will continue to pay under the current contract in euros, not in Russian rubles. Nevertheless, he explained that they had not received any new directives, so they would wait until the supplier’s representatives contacted them.
In turn, the RBC expert noted that when switching to settlements in Russian rubles with unfriendly countries, the currency of the Russian Federation will only strengthen, and he called Putin’s order an increase in the stakes in the game.
“The EU is considering scenarios for ending energy trade with Russia. On the part of Russia, this is the answer: We are ready for an escalation of the conflict and, if necessary, we can stop gas supplies earlier than Europe,” said Stanislav Mitrakhovich, an expert at the National Energy Security Foundation and the Financial University.
In addition, he noted that Putin by the same instruction made it clear to the EU that a single oil embargo would simply not pass.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that General Shamanov threatened Poland for supporting Ukraine.
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