Russia is not going to do charity, supply its natural gas to Europe for free, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on PBS .
According to him, if the EU refuses to pay for those supplies in rubles, it will study the situation and make further decisions.
“I do not know what will happen when they turn down this opportunity. Once we know the final decision, we will explore what can be done. However, we do not intend to do charity in this regard, to send free gas to Western Europe,” said the official representative of the Russian leader, commenting on the statements of Western countries that they are not going to pay for Russian gas in rubles. ” No payment in rubles, No gas”
He reiterated that the Western powers had in fact unleashed a large-scale economic war against Russia.
On 28 March, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government, the Bank of Russia and Gazprom CJSC to take measures by 31 March to receive payments for gas to unfriendly countries in rubles.
