The payment scheme for the supply of Russian gas with the opening of two bills in rubles and the euro violates the sanctions of the European Union, since the company-buyer does not control the movement of funds, the senior representative of the European Union said. He commented on the statement of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen that companies that will pay for Russian gas in rubles are thus violate European sanctions against Russia.
“a violation would be the opening of the second account in rubles as part of the fulfillment of an obligation by decree,” RIA Novosti quotes him. According to him, the decree governing the payment for Russian gas contains an obligation to transfer the euro into rubles to another account, which the company does not control, which is a violation of sanctions.
He insists that the gas payment must be considered made after transferring funds in the currency indicated in the contract – dollars or euros. “The violation of the sanctions would be recognition by companies that the payment was not made after the euro transfer, that the payment will be completed only after conversion to account in rubles, which is unilaterally made,” the EU representative said.