News archive on the topic "rubles"

Thanks to Russia, the Republika Srpska (an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) has the opportunity to supply its population with cheap gas. The President of the Republic, Milorad Dodik, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, assessing Sarajevo’s reluctance to give the go-ahead to laying a gas pipeline from Serbia to increase the import of Russian gas via the Turkish Stream. “Today, thanks to partnerships with the Russian Federation, we...

The Bank of Russia has decided to finalize the design of the updated 1000 ruble banknote. The ceremonial presentation of the new banknote to the people by Central Bank officials caused an all-Russian scandal, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The reverse side of the banknote depicts the Museum of the History of Statehood of the Tatar People and the Republic of Tatarstan in Kazan and the Syuyumbike Tower in the Kazan Kremlin. The problem is that the historical museum is located in an Orthodox church,…

Settlements on external bond loans can be made in rubles until the end of the year. The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted such a law in the second and third readings, a Politnavigator correspondent reports. “The bill is aimed at the situation that arose in connection with the actions regarding our debt, the freezing of our funds, and provides for a temporary norm until the end of this year - the debt must be paid in rubles,”...

Gazprom today completely stopped gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries refused to pay for energy in rubles. According to previously concluded contracts, the companies Bulgargaz (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland) were supposed to pay for gas by April 26. Both countries are transit countries, so Gazprom warned that if Bulgaria and Poland take unauthorized gas from transit volumes, it will reduce supplies...

The payment scheme for Russian gas in rubles proposed by Russia suits European commercial companies quite well. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this in an interview with the Gorchakov Foundation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For European commercial companies, the changes are minimal. In this regard, it is significant how their reaction differs from the reaction of European politicians. If politicians immediately began to declare that...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on gas trade with unfriendly countries for rubles from April 1. He announced this today at a meeting with the government, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today I signed a decree that establishes the rules for trading Russian natural gas with so-called unfriendly states. We offer counterparties from such countries a clear and transparent scheme:...

A peaceful and calm life is being established in the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Vladimir Rogov, a member of the military-civil administration established after the arrival of the Russian army, spoke about this in his blog. “The ruble is becoming the most desirable currency. This also affects its course. Today at the market in Melitopol I saw these prices for potatoes,” Rogov said. He…

Europe is faced with a dilemma: to drag on with sanctions, abandon Russian gas, oil and coal and thus finish off its economy - or agree to pay in rubles for gas, partially renouncing its own sanctions, and thereby try to avoid the difficult scenario for the development of the situation. The sanctions imposed by Washington and London against Russia are not aimed at...

Starting next month, Russian rubles will be put into circulation in Kherson. Deputy of the local city council Sergei Khlan, a member of the European Solidarity party, controlled by ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, stated this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Khlan, this suggests that another people’s republic may be proclaimed on the territory of the Kherson region. “W...

Russia should switch to rubles in payments to EU countries for gas. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexander Babakov stated this in an interview with the YouTube channel “Soloviev.live,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is logical to switch to the euro as an intermediate step. But we need to talk about settlements in national currency. We have the opportunity to ensure the use of rubles that European states will receive in that...

Belarus and Russia are completing the creation of a bilateral financial settlement system, which does not provide for the use of the international payment system SWIFT. The chairman of the board of OJSC Belarusian Interbank Settlement Center (BISC) Oleg Korobin told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The project is at a high stage of readiness, an agreement has already been concluded with the Bank of Russia. In fact, the BMRC will play the same role as it does now...

Moldovan officials prefer to take bribes in Transnistrian rubles, reports the Center for Policies and Reforms of the Republic of Moldova. This is due to the fact that a bribe in Transnistrian rubles is not covered by the country’s Criminal Code. “The Transnistrian currency unit (Transnistrian ruble), recognized in the Transnistrian region, cannot be the object of crimes provided for in Articles 236, 324 and 325 of the Criminal Code on the grounds...

Donetsk, April 09 (PolitNavigator, Mikael Chagalyan) - “Today our budget receives rubles in immeasurably larger volumes than other currencies,” said Maxim Leshchenko, head of the administration of the head of the DPR. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Of course, the introduction of a multi-currency system is a forced and temporary measure, but today it is the only way to stabilize the situation in the financial sector and increase...

Lugansk, March 06 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The LPR can move to the ruble zone, since it is the most popular currency, said its leader Igor Plotnitsky. Subscribe to PolitNavigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “As you heard, we have already announced a multi-currency system. We will have both the ruble and the dollar, but in the end the people themselves...