He said this at a meeting on the oil and gas industry.
“There are failures in payment for export deliveries of Russian energy resources.
Banks from unfriendly countries delay the transfer of payments.
Let me remind you that the task has already been set to transfer payments for energy resources to national currencies, to gradually move away from the dollar and the euro, ”Putin said.
On March 31, Putin signed a decree on gas trade with unfriendly countries.
According to him, in order for Western countries to be able to purchase gas from Russia, they must open accounts in Russian banks.