Hungary wants to pay in rubles for gas from Russia
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The Hungarian government has announced that it will pay in rubles for Russian gas. The European Commission warns that this is a violation of the sanctions imposed on Russia. On Wednesday, Russia decided to cut off Poland and Bulgaria from gas supplies.
"85 percent of our gas supplies come from Russia, 65 percent of oil supplies come from Russia. Why? Because that's what our infrastructure is like. It's not cool, we didn't choose this situation," Peter Szijjarto, head of Hungarian diplomacy, explained.
"The announcement by Gazprom of a unilateral suspension of gas supplies to consumers in Europe is another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail," Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, said.
Bloomberg, citing a source close to Gazprom, wrote on Wednesday that four European companies had already made payments according to Putin's demands. The names of these companies were not given.
