Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on gas trade with “unfriendly” countries, according to which, from April 1, payments for “blue fuel” will be transferred to Russian rubles.

According to the decree, buyers of Russian gas will need to open ruble accounts with Gazprombank to pay for gas supplies - the bank will sell the currency on the Moscow Exchange, which will be credited by buyers of Russian gas.

Putin said that Russia would consider it a violation of contracts if gas buyers from "

Recall that earlier the G7 countries and the European Union announced that they would not pay for Russian gas in rubles, since this violates existing contracts.. In turn, in the Kremlin, commenting on the possible refusal of the EU to pay for gas supplies in rubles, they said: “No payment - no gas”.

In turn, Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko said that Ukraine would also not agree to pay for the transit of Russian gas in rubles..