Finnish newspaper learned about the deadline for transferring gas payments to rubles

According to Helsingin Sanomat sources, for Finland, as well as for other EU countries,Gazprom set a deadline for the transfer of payments for gas into rubles on May 20

The Finnish authorities are preparing to cut off gas supplies from RUSSIA on May 21, the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reports, citing government sources.

According to the newspaper, the Russian "Gazprom" has given time to the Finnish state gas company Gasum until May 20 on the transfer of payment for gas in rubles. According to the newspaper's sources, the deadline is the same for many other EU countries.

it is possible that on May 21, the supply of Russian pipeline gas to Finland and most of Europe will be stopped, writes Helsingin Sanomat.

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At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the transfer of all payments for gas supplies into rubles, he instructed to apply the measure to "unfriendly countries" - this list includes Finland, as well as all other EU countries, the usa , Japan, etc. Putin justified his decision by the desire to "refuse to use in such calculations all currencies that have compromised themselves", which, in his opinion, should be achieved "in the very near future." The scheme took effect on April 1st.

Finland previously refused to pay for gas under the new scheme. According to the Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Corporate Governance Titti Tuppurainen, the decision was made in accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission, which considered such a measure a breach of contracts. The minister added that Finland is striving to stop importing gas from Russia as soon as possible.

On April 27, Gazprom announced the suspension of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. As the company explained, Bulgargaz (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland) refused to pay for further gas supplies in rubles, as required by Russian law. Gazprom also warned that in the event of unauthorized withdrawal of Russian gas from transit volumes to third countries, transit supplies would be reduced by this volume. Gas transit there was promised to be resumed at the time of payment made according to the new procedure.

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At the same time, BLOOMBERG reported that four European companies have already paid for gas supplies from Russia in rubles, and ten companies have opened special accounts with Gazprombank. In total, the list of gas buyers from the list of "unfriendly" countries includes 23 states, the agency specified.

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