In France, they declared solidarity in the EU on paying for gas from Russia in euros

According to Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili, the EU countries are unanimous in paying for gas supplies in euros or dollars,because contracts cannot be violated "just like that"

EU countries are unanimous in paying RUSSIA gas contracts in euros or dollars, France's Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili told BFMTV.

“Contracts cannot be broken just like that, so we will continue to pay in euros or dollars, depending on the terms of the contracts,” she said.

The French minister noted that European countries should act in solidarity, not alone.

At the end of March, Russia transferred payments for gas with unfriendly countries into rubles. Starting April 1, companies from these countries must open two accounts with Gazprombank - one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The payment for deliveries will first go to the currency account, after which the bank will sell the currency on the stock exchange and credit the rubles to the second account. Payment will be considered completed only from the moment the funds are credited to the ruble account. The Kremlin then said that Moscow would not supply gas to Europe for free. “No payment, no gas,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president.

The list of "unfriendly" states compiled by the government includes all EU countries, the usa and some others.

At the end of April, the European Commission recognized that the scheme of paying for Russian gas in rubles contradicts the EU sanctions regime. Among the payment options proposed by Brussels is to consider only the transfer of currency to Gazprombank as the fulfillment of payment obligations.

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On the eve of the HEAD of the Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Gergely Guiyash said that Budapest does not pay for gas in rubles, but opened an account in euros and transfers a fee to it in the same currency, then the bank converts it into rubles. According to him, in addition to Hungary, nine other countries are doing the same. Earlier, BLOOMBERG reported that ten European countries have already opened accounts with Gazprombank to pay for Russian fuel supplies, and four of them have already made payments.

Some countries refused to pay for gas in rubles. In particular, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that Berlin "will not succumb to blackmail." At the end of April, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria due to their refusal to pay for fuel in Russian currency. The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, called it blackmail, but the Kremlin did not agree with her.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with the Italian television company Mediaset, speaking about the cessation of supplies, said that Russia was "robbed of money (more than $ 300 billion)", most of which was received for gas and oil supplies. “This became possible because PJSC Gazprom was forced to keep money in its accounts in Western banks (according to your rules). If they wanted to “punish” Russia, they stole,” he said. At the same time, Russia is “offered to continue trading as before, and the money will remain with them,” which they “when they want” will “pocket” again. “Now we have proposed that deliveries be considered paid not when euros or dollars arrive at Gazprombank, but when they are converted into rubles, which can no longer be stolen. That's the whole story," the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry explained.

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