According to the channel, Russia earns almost $20 billion a month from the export of energy resources.
“Since the end of March, many foreign buyers have agreed to her demand to pay for energy in rubles, and this has strengthened the Russian currency,” writes CBS.
On March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that payments for natural gas supplied by the country "to so-called unfriendly countries" would be made in rubles.
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin called Russia's decision to stop paying for gas with unfriendly countries in dollars and euros as historic.