President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries", which include all EU members, after Moscow was hit by unprecedented sanctions over Ukraine.
    • pingveno
      34·
      3 years ago

      I’m not actually sure he can, since some of the contracts are written in Euros.

      • MarcellusDrum
        131·
        3 years ago

        What are they gonna do if he broke the contract’s terms? Sanction him?

        • pingveno
          3·
          3 years ago

          It’s a bit of a game of chicken. Countries might press harder to get off Russian gas and oil if it’s clear that contract terms will be broken.