Armenia began to make payments for Russian gas in rubles, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Vaan Kerobyan said in an interview with RBC.
“As far as I know, the last few payments were in rubles, but at the relevant course,” said Kerobyan in an interview with the Russian edition.
According to him, pricing occurs in dollars, but payment is carried out in rubles.
“Indeed, the contract” Gazprom “for gas supply to Armenia has been allowed for gas for gas in rubles, and this opportunity is used,” the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov confirmed RBC.
Gazprom is the only supplier of natural gas to Armenia, which is sold to consumers. The operator of the Armenian gas transmission network – Gazprom Armenia, one hundred percent “daughter” Gazprom. The price of Russian gas for Armenia is $ 165 per 1 thousand cubic meters. In 2021, Armenia purchased gas in Russia for $ 414 million and petroleum products – another $ 270 million
RBC reminds that at the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that establishes that Russian gas should now be sold for rubles. But this concerns only “unfriendly countries” – first of all, members of the European Union, which introduced sanctions against Russia. Armenia did not join these sanctions. But on March 23, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Mger Grigoryan said that Armenia negotiates with Russia on calculations in rubles.