Vienna strictly adheres to the jointly agreed EU sanctions.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Negammer denied the information that that the country has agreed to pay Russia for gas in rubles . He announced this on his Twitter page, calling such messages fake misinformation.
“Before the fake news of Russian propaganda spreads here. Of course, OMV will continue to pay for gas supplies from Russia in euros. Austria strictly adheres to the jointly agreed EU sanctions,” Negammer wrote.
Bevor hier Fake News der russischen Propaganda weiter verbreitet werden. OMV pays for gas deliveries from Russia for sale in Euro. Austria remains on point and in the context of EU-sanctioned EU sanctions.
– Karl Nehammer (@karlnehammer) April 27, 2022
It is worth noting that such information was disseminated only by Russian propaganda publications TASS and Ria Novosti.
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In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree > on the transfer of payment for gas exports in rubles, despite existing contracts in euros and dollars. However, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. stated later that p calculations for Russian gas in rubles will be considered a circumvention of sanctions.
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