Gas production company. Archive photoMOSCOW, 4 Apr. The Latvian company Latvijas Gāze is considering the possibility of paying for Russian gas in rubles, the organization said. they are now analyzing a new method of payment from a legal and business point of view. Earlier, the chairman of the board of Latvijas gāze, Aigars Kalvitis, said that he did not see the possibility of paying in rubles for natural gas supplies from Russia, since the contract provides for settlements in euros.
The Kremlin explained why they decided to pay for gas in rublesRussian President Vladimir Putin on March 23 announced the transfer of payment for natural gas to the EU countries and other countries that have introduced restrictive measures, into rubles to stop using dollars, euros and a number of other currencies in calculations. On Thursday, the president signed a corresponding decree. He announced that Moscow would consider non-fulfillment of obligations under gas contracts by unfriendly countries if they did not pay in rubles from April 1. Russia launched a military operation on February 24 to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. In response, Western countries announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow.
