According to the expert, it is rare that Western arbitration courts take the side of Russia.
“Let's see if these payments will go or under some pretext they will be delayed.
Interestingly, part of this trial was the question of whether it is possible to pay a Finnish company under a scheme that includes the use of a ruble account in Gazprombank, Mitrakhovich explained.
He also recalled that most European companies have agreed to a scheme that includes a ruble account in Gazprombank, while Finnish companies have not.
“And the question arises whether it is possible not to pay them.
Perhaps, after all, gas purchases will resume under a new scheme using rubles.
This option cannot be ruled out, ”concluded the analyst.
Earlier it became known that the arbitration ordered the Finnish Gasum to pay Gazprom Export a debt of more than €300 million for gas supplies.
It is noted that the tribunal confirmed the legality of the suspension of natural gas supplies in the event that the buyer fails to pay in rubles.
At the same time, Gasum reported that the Arbitration Court in Stockholm ruled that the Finnish company is not required to pay in rubles under the contract with Gazprom.
Russian gas supplies to Finland were terminated on May 21 at 07:00.