Companies can continue to pay for Russian gas in euros through banks, which will then translate foreign currency in rubles, stated on hearings in the National Assembly (Lower Parliament Chamber) French Minister of Environmental Transition Barbara Published.
“The information we receive from Moscow in the last days and hours allows us to believe that companies will be able to continue to pay [for gas] in euros to banks that themselves will have to convert euro in rubles. We are talking in particular Gazprombank, “- quoted Published TASS.
She noted that at the moment there is no danger that the terms of the contracts are violated if this decision will be implemented: “It will change little for our companies. The introduction of a new payment order is aimed primarily on the support of the ruble.”