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France, Germany reject Putin demands for gas payments in roubles as 'blackmail'

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that all EU purchases of Russian gas must be made in roubles starting April 1, a demand immediately rejected by French and German officials who said they were preparing for a possible halt in Russian supplies. Europe will not be "blackmailed" by Putin, Germany's…

France 24

Why is Vladimir Putin demanding Russian gas is paid for in roubles?

Plan could be extended to include exports of oil, grain, fertilisers, coal, metals and other key commodities

The Guardian - UK

All Russia’s Big Exports Could Soon Be in Roubles, Kremlin Signals

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine. With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?

Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future

In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very…

The Conversation

EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?

Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe

The Independent UK

G-7 rejects Putin demand for ruble payments for Russian gas

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations unanimously rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand that natural-gas contracts be paid in rubles.

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera

Football in Russia is crashing and isolation can only hasten its decline

Russian football’s trajectory has been downwards for some time and the country’s pariah status spells disaster for its clubs and national team

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s roubles-for-gas demand is no serious threat to US dollar reserve status – here's why

President Vladimir Putin’s demand that “unfriendly countries” henceforth pay for Russian gas in roubles has had several immediate effects. With the Europeans given one week to switch to paying in the Russian currency, it has driven up the price of natural gas, making it more expensive for them to maintain…

The Conversation

Russia warns West: gas bills in roubles are just days away

Russia warned the West on Friday that billing in roubles for billions of dollars of natural gas exports to Europe could be just days away, Moscow's toughest response yet to crippling sanctions imposed by the West for the invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Inflation pressures hit consumer confidence; Moscow stock market falls back – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

Schools warned of sixfold rise in energy costs as council cuts ties with Gazprom

Manchester council said all energy suppliers have raised prices

Manchester Evening News

Only rubles welcome here, Putin tells 'unfriendly' EU nations

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries", which include all EU members, after Moscow was hit by unprecedented sanctions over Ukraine.

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Reuters

Factbox-UK imposes new sanctions on Russian elites and businesses

Britain on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russian elites and businesses, targeting strategic industries including a defence company that makes drones, major shipping group Sovcomflot and top lender Gazprombank.

The Guardian - UK

Lavrov’s stepdaughter targeted as UK announces 65 new Russian sanctions

Billionaire oil tycoon, six banks and a defence company also included in list

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Wants ‘Unfriendly’ Countries to Pay for Russian Gas in Roubles

Russia will seek payment in roubles for gas sales from "unfriendly" countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, sending European gas prices soaring on concerns the move would exacerbate the region´s energy crunch. European countries' dependence on Russian gas to heat their homes and power their economies has been thrown…

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Reuters

Putin wants 'unfriendly' countries to pay for Russian gas in roubles

Russia will seek payment in roubles for gas sold to "unfriendly" countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, and European gas prices soared on concerns the move would exacerbate the region's energy crunch.

Insider UK

ScottishPower announces plan to pull out of business market

The decision follows the company choosing to exit a gas agreement with Gazprom

The Guardian - UK

Ofgem plans for Gazprom Energy takeover after customer exodus

Russian gas supplier losing contracts over Ukraine invasion would get UK government lifeline if it collapses

The Independent UK

Government ‘considers takeover of Gazprom’s UK gas supply arm’

Subsidiary under pressure as UK firms and public authorities shun companies linked to Kremlin

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Gazprom Says It Continues Gas Exports to Europe via Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said on Tuesday it was continuing to supply gas to Europe via Ukraine in line with requests from European consumers. The company said requests stood at 108 million cubic meters for March 22, up from 104.7 million cubic meters for March 21. According to Reuters,…

Birmingham Post

Energy company braced for revenue hit if British arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom collapses

Manchester-based Gazprom Energy supplies more than a fifth of the gas used by British companies

The Independent UK

Disrupting Russia’s Gazprom ‘could end war tomorrow’, Extinction Rebellion Ukraine founder says

Exclusive: ‘It’s very important to stop the source of the issue,’ leading climate activist in the country says

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