Germany Says Russian Euro Account Won’t Violate EU Gas Rules
- Ministry says payments must continue to be in euros, dollars
- Putin has demanded that gas contracts are settled in rubles
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German utility Uniper SE wouldn’t breach European Union guidelines if it opened an account in euros in Russia to pay for gas, according to a spokesman for the economy ministry in Berlin.
“For us, the account number doesn’t matter, or the question of whether one or two accounts are opened in one place,” spokesman Stephan Haufe said Friday at a regular news conference.