President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin holds a meeting via videoconference on the development of air transportation and aircraft industryMOSCOW, Apr 1 >Readers of the British Daily Mail newspaper condemned the position of the authorities of the United Kingdom and the EU countries, who opposed Russia's decision to accept payments for gas supplied in rubles. Putin previously announced the transfer of payments for natural gas to EU countries and other countries that have introduced restrictive measures in rubles in order to refuse to use dollars, euros and a number of other currencies in calculations. The day before, the president signed a corresponding decree and said that Russia would consider non-fulfillment of obligations under gas contracts by unfriendly countries if they do not pay in rubles from April 1. «/>Turkey predicted a discord in NATO due to the «partition of Ukraine» In the comments to the article, users ironically compared the energy confrontation between the West and Moscow with a staring game. «The EU will blink first. In the end, they only need to open an account in a Russian bank,» — one commenter noted. «This is a bold move on Putin's part. He has challenged our bluff. Can the West find a new exporter fast enough to survive the shutdown? Or will we succumb to the pressure and pay in rubles?» — agreed in response. «Europe will surrender when the lights start to go out. Russia has clearly planned everything and can afford it,» another user tried to explain. «If the EU refuses Russian fuel, then we will have to buy gas from the United States at a much higher price, not to mention transportation. Not the best state of affairs, I'm scared to think about upcoming bills,» a reader shared his opinion. promised a significant increase in the price of products»Yes. European leaders are absolutely useless,» added another. Earlier in Europe they expressed dissatisfaction with the Russian initiative. Thus, the European Commission rejected the possibility of paying for the supply of Russian blue fuel in rubles. The same was separately stated in Austria, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, France and some other EU countries. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized, Russia is not going to do charity work: if there is no payment in rubles, then there will be no gas.
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