Rome: The Italian energy firm has decided to pay Russian gas in rubles, for which a bank account is being set up in Moscow.
According to international media, Italian energy firm ENI is preparing to set up an account in Gazprombank to pay rubles for Russian gas.
Companies were warned after the European Union (EU) criticized Russia’s decision to cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. You have to pay in rubles.
ENI’s decision to open a ruble account in a Russian bank is a precautionary measure that could allow it to comply with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order that unfriendly countries pay for gas in Russian currency.
European companies are seeking further guidance from EU officials on the matter, but Germany’s Uniper, another major buyer of Russian gas, believes it will continue to buy Russian gas without violating the rules, according to the report. Can keep
It should be noted that Russia had imposed a condition on European countries to receive the price of gas in rubles only because European countries had imposed sanctions on Russia after the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine.
The crisis in eastern Ukraine began when Ukrainian authorities tried to use military force in the area, did not observe a ceasefire, did not stop the massacre of civilians in Donbass and laid siege to the area.
Russia has repeatedly warned Western nations not to supply arms to Ukraine, to ignore human rights abuses, and to attack Ukrainian military forces of Russian descent in eastern Ukraine.
Western nations, particularly the United States, have been providing large amounts of financial and military aid to Ukraine in recent years, and have begun sending fighters to the east since the start of the war.