G7 rejects Russian demand to pay for gas in rubles
Bloc sees payment switch as breach of current contracts
“All G7 ministers agreed completely that this [would be] a one-sided and clear breach of the existing contracts,” Habeck told journalists on Monday.
The minister added that “payment in rubles is not acceptable” and that the nations will urge the companies affected “not to follow” the demand issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saidRussia will stop shipping natural gas to countries that reject the demand.
https://www.rt.com/business/552844-g7-rejects-rubles-gas/