“London wants to be the leader of all the Russian opposition, here are the side effects,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Moscow, DOS – The Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that the inability of Shell to buy Russian gas was a side effect of London’s anti – Russian policies.
“London wants to be the leader of all opposition to Russia and wants to be ahead of Washington. [neste assunto]. Well, here are the side effects, “said Peskov.
Bloomberg said on Friday that Shell would not be able to pay for Russian gas this month because of UK sanctions on Gazprombank.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded the conversion of tariffs on gas supplies to hostile countries into rubles, saying that Moscow would refuse to pay for such deals in devalued currencies, including the dollar and the euro. He directed the government to provide Cosprom instructions on how to amend the existing contracts. On March 31, Putin signed a decree on the rules for trading gas with hostile countries, which provides a new way of paying agreements.
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The new procedure for paying Russian pipeline gas in rubles by buyers from hostile countries came into effect on April 1. These buyers have to open special accounts in ruble and foreign currency at Gazprombank for gas supply. Currency exchange will take place in Russian exchanges. In the case of incomplete tariffs, the Russian Customs approved to stop the supply. The government authority for regulating foreign investment in Russia has the right to grant exceptions to these rules to individual buyers.
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