Dutch Premier Criticizes EU Over Obscure Rubles-for-Gas Guidance
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte asked the European Union’s executive arm to clarify its guidelines on how buyers should pay for gas from Russia, which has demanded payments be made in rubles.
A Russian decree in March required companies buying its gas to open two accounts -- one in euros or dollars and one in rubles -- a move the European Commission initially rejected since the transaction could involve the sanctioned Russian central bank.