China News Service, March 23. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, "Russia Today" and Agence France-Presse, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 23rd local time that Russia now only accepts rubles to "unfriendly people, including all EU member states." The country" exports natural gas.
"It doesn't make sense to supply the EU and the US with our goods and accept payments in dollars and euros," he noted.
Putin added that Russia will continue to supply natural gas in accordance with the contracted quantities and pricing principles, only changing the currency of payment.