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Russia's Putin to halt gas payments if buyers don't pay in roubles, including relating to active contracts
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that Russia is to halt gas contracts if buyers don't pay in roubles, reported Bloomberg. Active contracts will be immediately halted if these demands are not met, Putin continued, noting that buyers of gas should open accounts in Russian banks. Putin said that he had signed an order on these new gas trading rules, which come into force as of 1 April. Putin pledged that Russia would continue providing gas at the already set volumes and prices and will move to increase settlements in national currencies.
Putin explained that by continuing to sell gas in euros and dollars, assets that could easily be frozen by the West, Russia deems the risk of providing gas for free as unacceptable. The switch to rouble payments is meant to strengthen Russia's sovereignty, he continued, before lambasting Europe for being ready to ignore the interests of its own citizens.
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