The war between Russia and Ukraine continues for the 36th day. Now President Vladimir Putin has signed the order, according to which from today foreign buyers will have to pay for gas in rubles only. Putin said that the contract would be suspended if payment was not made.
At the same time, Germany rejected Putin's move as blackmail. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Putin cannot blackmail us. Apart from this, Britain and France have also opposed this demand. They say that the contract to buy gas was earlier settled in Euro or Dollar and thus cannot be broken midway. In addition, Russia supplies about a third of Europe's gas.
Russian army withdrawing from Chernobyl nuclear power plant
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America to release 1 million barrels of crude oil daily
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Other Updates
Putin said foreign buyers would have to open ruble accounts in Russian banks to buy natural gas from Russia. From today, payment for gas supply will be accepted from these accounts.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russian troops in Ukraine are not retreating, but are gathering for the Donbass region.
A US company said that as soon as the Russia-Ukraine war began, there was a cyber attack in Europe.
A look at the damage done in Ukraine
According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry, so far the Russian military has fired 1,370 missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian airports.
Ukraine has claimed that 148 children have died so far in the continuing Russian bombing.
The Russian military has attacked a military base located in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
According to Ukrainian media, the governor here, Valentin Reznichenko, said that two people were killed and five were injured in the attack.
Britain imposes sanctions on Russian media organizations
Britain has decided to ban more than a dozen Russian media figures and organizations for spreading propaganda and misinformation about the war in Ukraine. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said the sanctions were imposed on "preachers serving Putin's fake news".
The US imposes new sanctions on Russian technology companies
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