Compressor station of the Yamal-Europe gas pipelineMOSCOW, Apr 29 Germany to agree with Russia on ways to pay for gas, Tino Krupalla, a member of the German Bundestag Committee on International Policy, leader of the Alternative for Germany party, Tino Krupalla, told RIA Novosti. «Europe. This attack on the ruble forced Russia to charge for gas in rubles. I think that the priority should be the resumption of economic ties to facilitate peace negotiations. Then it will certainly be easier to agree on payment terms,» Krupalla said.
Annual inflation in Germany reached a historical record Vladimir Putin on March 23 announced the transfer of payments for natural gas supplies to the EU countries and other states that have introduced restrictive measures against Russia into rubles in order to abandon the use of dollars and euros in calculations. Then the president signed a corresponding decree and said that if «unfriendly» countries do not pay in rubles from April 1, then Russia will consider this a default on gas contracts. According to the new scheme, Gazprombank will open special currency and ruble accounts for settlements of foreign buyers for gas. The buyer will be able to transfer funds to the first account in the currency specified in the contract for the supply of «blue fuel», 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 settlements with the gas supplier — Gazprom will be made «.» Gazprom» on Wednesday morning announced that it had suspended gas supplies to the Bulgarian company Bulgargaz and the Polish PGNiG since April 27 due to non-payment in rubles. After the start of a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the EU adopted five packages of sanctions against individuals, organizations, financial sector and energy of Russia. Financial sanctions affected the reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In addition, seven Russian banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system.
