European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Brussels on Thursday that Russia would no longer be able to use energy. to blackmail the Old Continent.
He made it clear that Russia would not be allowed to demand payment in rubles for hydrocarbons, as announced by Moscow, as this would be tantamount to circumventing sanctions.
“It simply came to our notice then decision, and a clear violation of the convention “, Ursula von der Layen underlined.
“It would be an attempt to circumvent the sanctions. We will not allow our sanctions to be circumvented. “The era of energy that could be used to blackmail us is over,” he said.
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Solz also clarified that Russian energy would not be paid in rubles, saying that the currency for payments had been pre-determined in the contracts.
The United States is completing a plan to supply the European Union with up to 15 billion additional cubic meters liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the end of 2022, The Financial Times, meanwhile, cites three sources familiar with the matter.
The deal aims to help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian gas, with the bloc struggling to cut Russian imports by two-thirds this year.
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