Russia explains gas for rubles switch

Russia’s decision

The new mechanism provides payment guarantees for Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.

Russia’s decision to change the payment mechanism for natural gas exports to its domestic currency is “obvious and understandable” in light of Western sanctions, which have frozen half of Russia’s foreign assets, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with India Today on Tuesday.

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