“If customers refuse to pay with the new system when the payment date for natural gas comes, the president’s decree will take effect,” Kremlin spokesman Peskov said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov said countries must pay in rubles for the continuation of gas shipments, adding, “If customers refuse to pay with the new system when the payment date for natural gas comes, the president’s decree takes effect.”
Peskov told reporters in Moscow that Gazprom should stop shipping natural gas to Bulgaria and Poland altogether because they do not comply with the ruble payment system.
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Russia is a safe supplier and remains committed to its contractual obligations, Peskov said. They blocked a significant amount of our reserves, to put it more clearly, they stole it. All this required the transition to a new payment system,” he said.
“New conditions reported to customers”
“All new conditions have been notified to customers in advance,” Peskov said, noting that they do not accept accusations that Russia is blackmailing them.
Asked about the status of gas shipments to other countries, Peskov said, “If customers refuse to pay with the new system when the payment date for natural gas comes, the decree of the president takes effect. The correct form of payment is the basis for the continuation of shipments.”
“We have anticipated all risks and taken precautions”
Peskov said they are making the necessary preparations to stop gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria.
“We calculated everything, anticipated all the risks and took precautions. As for who accepts and who doesn’t, you know that the President has repeatedly explained to his interlocutors that nothing has actually changed. The only new thing is the need to open two accounts at Gazprombank. There are no shortages or losses, no price changes caused by currency differences.
