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Kremlin Threatens To Halt Supplies As G7 Ministers Reject “Unacceptable” Demand To Pay For Gas In Rubles<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Update(9:01ET)<\/strong><\/u>:\u00a0<\/strong>Russia on Monday has issued a firm and\u00a0unyielding response to G-7 ministers who had dismissed as “unacceptable” its plan to only accept ruble payments for Russian gas going to “unfriendly” nations.<\/p>\n

Earlier Monday German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said from Berlin that the Kremlin demand for natural gas contracts to be paid in rubles is a “one-sided and clear breach of contracts” – saying the contracts must be honored under prior conditions, according to\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em>.\u00a0“That means that a payment in rubles is not acceptable and we urge the relevant companies not to comply with Putin\u2019s demand,”<\/strong>\u00a0Habeck said. “Putin\u2019s effort to drive a wedge between us is obvious but you can see that we won\u2019t allow ourselves to be divided and the answer from the G-7 is clear: the contracts will be honored.”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin’s quick shooting down of the German economy minister’s comments and the G-7’s stance on the ruble came Monday via a Russian lawmaker to state-run\u00a0RIA Novosti: “Russian lawmaker Abramov says G7’s refusal to pay in Russian roubles for gas\u00a0will definitely lead to a halt in supplies<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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