MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to pay Russian gas in Russian currency rubles from April 1.
Putin said contracts will be suspended if foreign companies do not make payments.
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Criticizing the United States, the Russian president said that the United States would try to solve its problems at the expense of others and would benefit from global instability.
Putin said the economic war against Russia began years ago, with sanctions aimed at undermining its development, and that Western sanctions were already in place. The West would try to find new reasons for sanctions, he said.
It is to be mentioned here that after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, several European countries, including the United States and Britain, have already announced economic sanctions on Russia.
Yesterday, Russia had announced a major reduction in its aggression around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the city of Chernihiv.
According to the BBC, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met for the first time in weeks in Turkey on Tuesday and resumed direct talks. Russia said it would reduce its aggression in Kyiv and other cities.
According to reports, Russia’s deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin said Moscow had decided to “fundamentally reduce” operations to boost mutual trust in talks aimed at ending the fighting.
According to reports, during the peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Russian officials said that this decision will increase mutual trust and enable the talks to continue.
Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, called for a ceasefire to enable thousands of civilians to be evacuated from besieged towns and cities that have been bombed by Russian forces.
In addition, during the talks, Ukraine proposed to adopt a neutral position with international guarantees.
On the other hand, US President Joe Biden said after Russia’s announcement that we do not believe in words, we will believe when it is implemented.
