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To: bull_dozer who wrote (185860)	3/31/2022 2:22:55 PM
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Putin threatens to turn off Europe's gas supplies TOMORROW if countries refuse to pay in roubles, saying 'We get nothing free of charge and we are not going to engage in charity either' The Russian President, announcing a decree in televised remarks, said foreign buyers would have to 'open rouble accounts in Russian banks' which can be used to pay for 'gas delivered starting from tomorrow'. 'If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either - that is, existing contracts will be stopped,' he said. Putin last week that Russia would only accept roubles as payment from 'unfriendly' countries, such as the UK, US and European Union member states, in retaliation for sanctions imposed over his invasion of Ukraine. But German Economy Minister Robert Habeck today rejected the Russian President's latest demands as an unacceptable breach of contract, adding that the manoeuvre amounted to 'blackmail' and that he had not yet seen a new decree signed by Putin mandating gas payments in roubles. Separately, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said German companies would continue to pay for Russian gas using euros as stipulated in contracts. 'By all means, it remains the case that companies want, can and will pay in euros,' he told a joint news conference with his Austrian counterpart Karl Nehammer. dailymail.co.uk