Moscow threatened to cut off gas supplies to countries "Not friendly" Which refuses to pay in rubles, a move that would especially affect the European Union, which is heavily dependent on Russian gas.
Hungary is the first country to leave the ranks of European unity at this level, with other European countries refusing to pay any amount in rubles to Moscow, which seeks in this way to support its currency.
Prior to that, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Ziyarto said that the European Union had no role to play in the supply of gas. "Which is governed by a binary contract".
He added that "The will of the European Commission to obtain a common response from the importing countries does not seem necessary to us".
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Quoted by “AFP” Urban He said at a press conference in Budapest, “There is no difficulty for us to pay for gas in rubles. If that is what the Russians demand, we will pay in rubles.”
Moscow has threatened to cut off gas supplies to “unfriendly” countries that refuse to pay in rubles, a move that would especially affect the European Union, which relies heavily on Russian gas.
Hungary is the first country to leave the ranks of European unity at this level, with other European countries refusing to pay any amount in rubles to Moscow, which seeks in this way to support its currency.
Prior to this, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Ziyarto said that the EU had no role to play in the supply of gas “which is governed by a bilateral contract”.
“The will of the European Commission to obtain a common response from the importing countries does not seem necessary to us,” he added.