Russia will not immediately implement the required payment for gas supplies in rubles.
The Russian Presidential Office announced on Wednesday that the changeover should take place gradually.
The dollar as a global reserve currency has had its day, so payments in the respective national currencies are unavoidable.
Russia had caused controversy with its announcement that it only wanted to deliver gas and oil against payment in rubles.
Countries such as Germany had declared that they did not want to comply, since the contracts had agreed on euros or dollars.
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