“We will pay (to Russia in the second half. -

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) May for gas in euros.

This is our plan," TASS quoted him as saying, citing the TASR news agency.

According to the politician, in the event of a cessation of Russian gas supplies, Slovakia will have enough reserves for consumers until April 2023.

On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had signed a decree on gas trade with unfriendly countries.

The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that the country's authorities had decided to convert payments for gas with unfriendly states into the national currency in order to secure trade.