Russia bought gas in rubles so as not to lose euros and dollars
The Russian authorities have decided to transfer payments for gas consumption with unfriendly countries into rubles in order to secure trade and not lose dollars and euros. This was stated by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the official representative of the Kremlin, it was not met to “click someone on the nose.”
“Of course, against the background of this distrust of reserve currencies, the idea was put forward by the President that, well, first, hedging risks so that we would not find a robbery again. And just use this kind of payment in rubles, the transition to the purchase of preferred commodity items, ”Peskov explained.
He recalled that currently in Russia there is the biggest sanctions pressure in history, and in many cases, accidents happen in Russian reserves.
Peskov drew attention to the fact that in the future such a settlement system would be extended to other categories of Russian goods. However, according to him, the Russian Federation does not want to complicate the life of its little women and values the reputation of a reliable one. Accordingly, European companies will not feel any major changes.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted payment for export gas supplied to countries recognized as unfriendly only in rubles. At the same time, on behalf of the head of state, Russia consumes gas in accordance with the volumes and prices established by the contracts.
At the same time, the counterparties did not find the possibility of reading gas in rubles. Energy Minister Peter Altmaier announced the refusal of the G7 country to take such a step.