Italy and Germany allowed ruble accounts for the purchase of Russian gas – media

Germany and Italy have allowed companies to open ruble accounts to buy Russian gas.

This is reported by Reuters, citing sources.

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Germany and Italy have told the companies they can open ruble accounts to continue buying Russian gas without violating sanctions against Moscow after talks with the European Union, the sources said.

Two sources told Reuters that German gas importers have been notified by Berlin that they can open ruble accounts to pay for Russian gas without violating sanctions.

Finland refused to pay for gas in rubles

From Saturday, May 21, Gazprom will stop supplying gas to this country. Gasum energy company was informed about this by the Finnish “daughter” of “Gazprom” on Friday, May 20.

However, the press service says that they were ready for such a scenario. Previously, the company refused to go to the Kremlin’s blackmail and said it would pay for supplies in such currency, as specified in the contracts. Russia warned that gas supplies would be cut off if they refused.

Therefore, during the upcoming summer season, Gasum will supply gas to consumers from other sources through the Balticconnector pipeline, which connects Finland and Estonia.

Thus, Russia is in a difficult position, and Gazprom is looking for new ways to put pressure on Europe. Segodnya wrote that Gazprom deliberately does not use the already paid capacity for transit through the Sudzha gas metering station, thus artificially limiting supplies to Europe.

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