The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries planned to move away from the dollar in mutual agreements. i talked about it DEA Novosti Mikhail Evdokimov, director of the first department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Evdokimov said that before the imposition of the latest sanctions, more than 70 percent of the national currencies were occupied in the mutual settlements of the EAEU countries.
“Mutual emphasis is placed on the wider use of national currencies and the divergence from the use of the dollar in reciprocal agreements,” the division director said.
old EU warnedHe said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request that unfriendly countries pay in rubles for Russian gas would violate existing sanctions the bloc has imposed on Moscow over a special operation in Ukraine.
At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on gas trade with unfriendly countries (this list includes all EU countries), forcing these states to pay for energy resources in rubles.
At the same time, the Big Seven (G7) countries decided to call on local companies not to accept bills in rubles for Russian gas supplies. The relevant agreement was reached at an emergency meeting of the energy ministers of the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Later, the European Union also joined this decision.
On April 1, Gazprom began to send official letters to counterparties about the new procedure for payment of gas in rubles.