The question remains, why not name these buyers.
Ten European buyers of Russian gas have allegedly opened accounts in Russia's Gazprombank to pay for gas in rubles, as demanded by Russia after the imposition of monetary and financial sanctions against the aggressor country. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing a source in Gazprom.
It is noted that the opening of accounts is required to pay for supplies under the new mechanism – with the conversion into rubles.
Four buyers, according to Bloomberg, obtained from a source in Gazprom, have already paid for gas in rubles.
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Recall, after the EU imposed sanctions against Russia because its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow, represented by Putin, demanded that payments be made in rubles from April 1 . Commenting on the possible refusal of the EU to pay for gas supplies in rubles, the Kremlin said: “No payment – no gas.”
Russia supplies gas through pipelines to 23 European countries. Of these, Putin was going to demand payment for gas in rubles only from “unfriendly countries.”
However, it is interesting that as of April 27 The only country that dared to declare its readiness to pay Russia in rubles was a very friendly Hungary, and even then under a “cunning” scheme, when payment will still be made in euros , but then “Gazprombank” will change the euro in rubles, and this will be counted as payment in rubles.
Earlier, Putin described the same scheme in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The Russian dictator has said that European companies will be able to pay for Russian gas in dollars or euros. Like, the money will be transferred to Gazprombank, which is not under sanctions, and later will be transferred in rubles to Russia. The irony of the situation was that Scholz did not understand the intricacies of this scheme, and asked for a written explanation to better understand the proposal.
27 In April, the media also launched a fake about Austria's alleged willingness to pay for gas in rubles. This lie was immediately exposed and refuted in Austria itself.
It is also known that G7 countries and of the European Union have stated that they will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, as it violates, first, existing contracts. And secondly, it violates sanctions against Russia.
April 27 in Russia demonstratively announced cessation of gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria by the end of this month, for refusing to pay slaves.
At the same time, it is unclear why these two countries were chosen by the Kremlin to demonstratively punish dissenters. Probably because, for example, Poland was ready to give up Russian gas .
At the same time, in addition to the general statement of the European Union and the G7 on the refusal to pay with Russia in rubles, we also know about the public refusal Slovakia pay for Russian gas in rubles. Now it turns out that Austria will not pay for gas in rubles .
Italy has already made a decision on the replacement of Russian gas with gas from Algeria.
All Baltic countries have stopped importing gas from Russia .
It is also significant that dismissing “insiders” about the alleged readiness of European countries to pay for gas in rubles, the Kremlin flatly refuses to name those who “Such information is unlikely to be published,” Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russia's RBC news agency on April 18.
