Meanwhile, the speaker of the State Duma Volodin proposes to transfer some of the other exported goods to payment in rubles.
Against the background of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement about the need to charge for gas supplies to Europe in rubles, Russian gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline have dropped to zero on the German-Polish border.
It happened on the afternoon of March 29.
According to Reuters, referring to the Gascade operator, at 13:00 local time (14:00 Moscow time), gas flows to Poland from Germany through Malnov amounted to 1,451,155 kWh /h, but then they fell to zero.
Russian gas supplies to Europe via two other significant pipelines remain at a stable level.
TASS notes that during the auction on March 29, Gazprom booked part of the capacity to pump gas through Poland to Germany for a full gas day, but the agency clarifies that supplies are still not guaranteed, since Gazprom does not use reserve capacity every day. once.
Earlier, the head of the German Economy Ministry said that Germany would not pay for gas in rubles, thereby violating contracts.
He was supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin the day before that it was impossible to pay for Russian gas in rubles.
The conversation between the leaders of the two countries took place before the next stage of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey and lasted about an hour.
Meanwhile, the LDPR proposed to stop exporting Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine until the end of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.
In turn, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that it is necessary to expand the list of goods exported for rubles.
“It would be right where it is profitable for our country to expand the list of goods exported for rubles: fertilizers, grain, oil, oil, coal, metals, timber, ”, – Telegram channel 112 quotes him.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Europe refused to pay for Russian gas in rubles.
This statement was made by the head of the European Commission.