Moscow wants to wait for the EU’s response and then determine next steps. “But we definitely don’t intend to present ourselves as benefactors and deliver free gas to Western Europe,” Peskov stressed.
After the EU largely rejected payment for gas supplies in rubles, Peskov announced possible new measures. Moscow wants to wait for the EU’s response and then determine next steps. “But we definitely don’t intend to present ourselves as benefactors and deliver free gas to Western Europe,” Peskov said in the PBS interview, according to state news agency TASS.
The Russian president’s confidant accused the West of unleashing an all-out economic war against Russia. “Unfortunately, these circumstances are extremely hostile,” Peskov said of the sanctions. This brought them to the point of “total war”. “And we in Russia perceive this war in such a way that the countries of Western Europe, the US, Canada and Australia are waging a real war on trade, on the economy, they are confiscating our property, our money and blocking our finances. “. Peskov complained. “And now we must adapt to the new reality.”
Putin had ordered last week that natural gas could only be delivered to “hostile” states like Germany if payment was made in rubles. This has already been rejected by some heads of state and government with reference to breach of contract.
(APA)