Russia will not turn off gas supplies to Europe from Friday: Kremlin

Russia will not turn off gas supplies to Europe from Friday as payments on deliveries due after April 1 come in the second half of this month and May, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

He told a conference call that President Vladimir Putin’s order to switch end-payment currency for gas supplies to rubles was irreversible and that the ruble was the most preferable and secure currency for Russia now

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