Germany accuses Putin of ‘blackmail’ and refuses to back down after Russian President threatened to turn off Europe’s gas supplies in HOURS if countries refuse to pay in roubles
Russia’s Putin today threatened to close down European gas from tomorrow is [if?] states refuse to pay in roubles
He said foreign buyers will have to ‘open rouble accounts in Russian banks’ which can be used to pay for gas
According to Gazprom, 58 per cent of its sales of natural gas to Europe as of January 27 were settled in euros
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck today rejected the demand, saying that it amounted to ‘blackmail’
Spokesperson for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said companies are not planning to buy Russian gas in roubles
Putin announced on March 23 that ‘unfriendly’ states would have to pay in roubles in retaliation for sanctions
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Whether they will pay in ‘rubles’ or EU’s, it’s immaterial.
Former leader, Ms. Merkel, her Germany is in a pickle.
And along with her country, the rest of the EU. The proverbial spot between a rock and a hard spot.
By the by, America, with our existing dependency on China suppliers, from absolutely essential, critical materials to pharmaceuticals to you-name-it, is equally vulnerable. It is ugly.
Just how did WE come to this??? Just how asleep at the switch has everyone been???
Another example of “Old too soon, schmart too late.”
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By the by, America, with our existing dependency on China suppliers, from absolutely essential, critical materials to pharmaceuticals to you-name-it, is equally vulnerable.
So what? US policy was to allow companies to produce wherever they desired. You know, that “free choice” thing. Or is that something the right no longer approves as being “American”?
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