Hungary: 10 European countries quietly buy Russian gas in rubles

“While many European leaders have publicly stated that Russian gas is the same as that of President Vladimir Putin,” Hungarian government official Gergely Golias was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency. Do not buy in rubles, 10 EU members are technically implementing Putin’s order.

According to Goulias, the leaders of these countries do not acknowledge this move in order to gain the image of a good European.

The Hungarian official said that Hungary had opened a euro account in Gazprom Bank, which was converted into rubles before depositing money into the accounts of Russian gas exporters.

The system will allow European customers of Russian gas to continue buying gas from Russia, as Putin has said.

According to a Russian presidential decree issued in late March, unfriendly Russian gas customers must pay for the country’s gas in rubles.

“Nine other European countries use the same payment mechanism, but because the idea of ​​being a good European leader means that leaders are not honest when talking to the international community or their people, these nine countries are not saying that they are in the process of paying,” Goulias said. Do this.

“One should not doubt that countries that import raw materials from Russia should use exactly the same payment mechanism to pay for the price of gas imported from this country,” said Golias, who’s chief of staff. Of course, it is not clear which European country Golias meant.

Russia has cut off gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria because both countries have refused to pay for gas in rubles.

Bloomberg also announced that 10 European countries have opened ruble accounts in Gazprom Bank and 4 countries are paying the price of imported gas. Hungary imports all its gas from Russia and opposes EU sanctions on Russian gas.

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