The Kremlin says Putin has agreed with Erdogan about partial payment for Russian gas in rubles

“We are gradually going to pay in national currency, some of the supply will already be paid in Russian rubles. This is a new stage that opens up new opportunities, in particular for the development of our monetary relations, ”the Putin official said. He added that during the negotiations of Putin and Erdogan, "very important solutions that bring our economic relations to a new level were reached. " The Turkish side did not confirm the information about the partial payment of gas in rubles.

At the same time, as Anadolu writes, during the meeting in Sochi, Putin and Erdogan discussed the work of the Turkish flow and the removal of grain from Ukraine. The President of Turkey noted that the current meeting is "of particular importance in the context of the designation of the role played by Turkey and Russia in the region", the newspaper reports. Erdogan noted that in Sochi "it is necessary to open a new page in collaboration.

" "I mean here the issues of energy cooperation, the issue of grain exports in the Black Sea, tourism, regional issues," Erdogan said. Putin blackmail. What is known about the requirement to pay for Russian gas in rubles after the start of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine Russian dictator Vladimir Putin intensified the gas war against the EU started in the fall.

On March 23, he instructed to translate gas supply payments to the so -called "unfriendly countries" in rubles. With his decree, Putin called on companies from such countries, especially European countries, to open two accounts in the Gasprombank - one in the euro and one in rubles - and assumed that gas payments would not be calculated until the euro would be converted. Initially, EU leaders rejected Putin's demands to pay for Russian gas in rubles.

In addition, the Greater Seven countries have agreed to reject Russia's demand to pay for importing its energy in rubles. On March 31, Putin said that if the calculations are not made in rubles, gas exports would be stopped. In response, the European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni stated that the European Union would not be on blackmail of Russia, and the European Commission Chairman Ursula von der Layen stated that the payment of Russian gas in rubles would be a missing sanctions.

Putin's requirements to pay for gas in rubles were divided by EU member states, emphasizing the particularly acute dependence of some countries on Russian imports. So some countries allowed companies to pay the new scheme, others refused. Those who have definitely refused and who had the payment deadline, Putin blocked the gas. Thus, on April 27, the Russian Gazpro stopped the supply of gas to Poland and Bulgaria.