Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ states to pay for Russian gas in rubles
By DW
24 March 2022 |
1:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country would start selling gas to certain nations in Russia's own currency, prompting a rise in the ruble's value on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
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