Gas storage worker. File photoPARIS, Apr 14The Netherlands will not allow its companies to accept Moscow's demand for gas payments in rubles, Bloomberg reports, citing the country's authorities.»The Dutch government agrees with the conclusion of the European Commission that the Russian decree is a violation of existing sanctions… This means that Dutch companies are not allowed to agree to these conditions,» the agency quoted a representative of the Dutch Ministry of Economy and Climate Policy as saying. />Ambassador in the Netherlands called the freezing of Russian assets illegitimateThe President of Russia on March 23 announced the transfer of natural gas payments 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 settlements. Then the president signed a corresponding decree and said that the Russian Federation would consider non-fulfillment of obligations under gas contracts by unfriendly countries if they did not pay in rubles from April 1.
