Gas storage worker. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 23Europe won't last even a week without Russian gas, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said. The European Commission had previously sent a document to the EU countries explaining the gas payment mechanism so as not to violate the sanctions imposed against Russia. It says that the payment process, which is stipulated in President Vladimir Putin's March 31 decree, «allows Russia to involve the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in it … which is prohibited by EU sanctions.» At the same time, the document states that it is «still possible to pay for gas without violating EU laws.» «We appreciate the consistency and integrity of our European partners. Especially considering that, according to recent IMF data, Europe will be able to do without our gas for no more than six months. But seriously, they won’t even last a week,” Medvedev wrote in his Telegram channel. business.
Gas prices in Europe ended the week above $1,050 per thousand cubic metersEarlier, the head of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund, Alfred Kammer, told Agence France-Presse that Europe would be able to do without Russian gas for no longer than six months, after which the European economy would significantly feel the negative impact of the refusal.Putin On March 23, he announced the transfer of payment for natural gas supplies to the EU countries and other states that have introduced restrictive measures into rubles in order to abandon the use of dollars and euros in calculations. Then 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. Gazprombank will open special currency and ruble accounts for foreign buyers to pay for gas. The client will be able to transfer funds to the first account in the currency specified in the contract for the supply of blue fuel, and the bank will sell it on the Moscow Exchange, after which it will credit rubles to the account of the gas buyer, and from this account payments will be made with the supplier — Gazprom. 
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