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Putin Warns EU Nations Need Ruble Accounts To Get Gas by Shuzzi(m): 6:08pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned “unfriendly” countries, including all EU members, that they would be cut off from Russian gas unless they opened an account in rubles to pay for deliveries. Western countries have piled crippling sanctions on Moscow since it moved troops into Ukraine, including the freezing of its $300 billion of foreign currency reserves. While the United States banned the import of Russian oil and gas, the European Union — which received around 40 percent of its gas supplies from Russia in 2021 — has retained deliveries from Moscow. “They must open ruble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting tomorrow, April 1,” Putin said during a televised government meeting. He announced that he signed a decree that outlines the “clear and transparent” process. “If such payments are not made, we will consider this a breach of obligations on the part of our buyers with all the ensuing consequences,” Putin said. “Nobody sells us anything for free and we are not going to do charity work. That means existing contracts being stopped” if payments are not made, he added. According to the decree, all payments will be handled by Russia’s Gazprombank, a subsidiary of state energy giant Gazprom. Buyers will transfer payments into a Gazprombank account in foreign currency, which the bank will then convert into rubles and transfer into the buyer’s ruble account. No change to Contracts Earlier, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the new payment method would not affect the price of deliveries stipulated in the contracts. “Those who receive Russian gas… they just acquire rubles for the amount in currency which is stipulated in the gas contract,” Peskov told reporters. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday Western countries would continue paying for Russian gas in euros or dollars. “We looked at the contracts for the gas deliveries,” Scholz told reporters in Berlin. “They say that payments are made in euros, sometimes in dollars… and I made clear in my conversation with the Russian president that that will remain the case,” referring to a telephone call with Putin on Wednesday. On a visit to Berlin, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Paris and Berlin were “preparing” for the possibility “there is no longer any Russian gas”. Western capital imposed harsh economic sanctions since the start of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine on February 24, accelerating already high inflation and hitting the ruble. The EU refrained from an energy embargo against Russia. However, the bloc has announced it plans to slash imports of Russian gas by two thirds this year. While payments for gas in rubles will allow Russia to support its national currency, it will also deprive Moscow of a source of foreign currency. The Kremlin has also hinted that it may be seeking payments in rubles for other exports too. Russia has already obliged its exporters, including Gazprom, to convert 80 percent of their revenue into rubles. According to Russia’s Central Bank, its reserves — including the frozen $300 billion — decreased between February 18 and March 25 from $643.2 to $604.4 billion. After the introduction of sanctions, Russia expanded the list of what it calls “unfriendly” countries that now includes the United States, Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, all EU member states and several others. https://www.channelstv.com/2022/03/31/putin-warns-eu-nations-need-ruble-accounts-to-get-gas/ Lalasticlala
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Re: Putin Warns EU Nations Need Ruble Accounts To Get Gas by paafin(m): 6:48pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
This German Chancellor self! Lemme see how you will force Baba Putin to sell his gas to you in Euro starting from tomorrow ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Putin Warns EU Nations Need Ruble Accounts To Get Gas by Alexpre11: 8:41pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
The Russian ruble has already bounced back to pre-war levels. This means that Joe Biden's sanction war — which sparked astronomic gas prices, an unprecedented surge in fertilizer prices, future food shortages, and an inflation crisis — was all for nothing. |
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