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Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by Rosegreen2090(op): 9:04am On Mar 30, 2022
Putin only asks rubles for gas: ‘He wants to divide the West’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered state energy company Gazprom to only handle energy supplies to western countries in rubles.

According to experts, with that decision he wants to sow discord in the West and hopes to find allies.

However, the chances of this happening are slim.

Russia announced just over a week ago that all “unfriendly countries”, by which he mainly refers to Western countries, will soon have to pay for their gas and oil in rubles.

Otherwise nothing will come their way, Putin threatened.

Although many initially thought little would come of it, Putin seems to be holding his ground.

He instructed energy company Gazprom to handle all payments in rubles from now on.

Still, experts don’t think the West will ever use the Russian currency to buy energy.

Sanctions should be eased to make payments in rubles
ABN AMRO analyst Hans van Cleef refers to recent statements by the G7, the seven most developed countries in the world.

They said in a joint statement that there can be no question, because it would amount to a

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Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by seunny4lif(m): 9:20am On Mar 30, 2022
Something Hungry, Turkey already agreed or will solidarity warm the houses?
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by dedonfranco(m): 9:50am On Mar 30, 2022
USA or EU doesn't have any solution to this war.
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by Truvelisback(m): 11:11am On Mar 30, 2022
Rosegreen2090:
Putin only asks rubles for gas: ‘He wants to divide the West’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered state energy company Gazprom to only handle energy supplies to western countries in rubles.

According to experts, with that decision he wants to sow discord in the West and hopes to find allies.

However, the chances of this happening are slim.

Russia announced just over a week ago that all “unfriendly countries”, by which he mainly refers to Western countries, will soon have to pay for their gas and oil in rubles.

Otherwise nothing will come their way, Putin threatened.

Although many initially thought little would come of it, Putin seems to be holding his ground.

He instructed energy company Gazprom to handle all payments in rubles from now on.

Still, experts don’t think the West will ever use the Russian currency to buy energy.

Sanctions should be eased to make payments in rubles
ABN AMRO analyst Hans van Cleef refers to recent statements by the G7, the seven most developed countries in the world.

They said in a joint statement that there can be no question, because it would amount to a

[url=https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEI7TLO3vbbuEwSOxd_lrnAQqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow6vykCzCth70DMJfmiQc?uo=CAUiNmh0dHBzOi8vYWZyaWxhdGVzdC5jb20vcHV0aW4tb25seS1hc2tzLXJ1Ymxlcy1mb3ItZ2FzL9IBAA&hl=en-NG&gl=NG&ceid=NG%3Aen]SOURCE>>>>>>>>[/url]
What do u expect? When they have seized billions of Dollars and euros of his money in their own currency.
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by tamdun: 11:46am On Mar 30, 2022
Truvelisback:
What do u expect? When they have seized billions of Dollars and euros of his money in their own currency.
Exactly, when people invest billion of dollars in Ur country and the first thing u do immediately there is conflict is to seize those billions, any right thinking person will think twice before investing in such country again
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by Svlla: 11:57am On Mar 30, 2022
Vatican just peruchased 10million euros worth of Rouble for gas
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by dominicnwogo(m): 2:22pm On Mar 30, 2022
Truvelisback:
What do u expect? When they have seized billions of Dollars and euros of his money in their own currency.
I just like this guy. Very brave. All the sanctions does not shake him at all.
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by Afrilatest: 2:41pm On Mar 30, 2022
With all these attacks and sanctions, he still stands tall. Kudos
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by gambojimeta: 6:22pm On Mar 30, 2022
The chicken has changed mouth grin

Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by dominicnwogo(m): 10:02pm On Mar 30, 2022
angry shocked shocked grin
Re: Putin Only Asks Rubles For Gas: ‘he Wants To Divide And Sow Discord In The West’ by VictorUSA(m): 10:45pm On Mar 30, 2022
The guy have changed his mind as he noticed that the EU/G7 are not ready to buy the oil/gas in rubles.
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