We accept the payment terms and so did Germany, Nehammer said at a press conference today in this capital.

The situation did not change for our country, he added making reference to the relationship between the two nations after his visit to Moscow at the beginning of this month, during which the Russian president Vladimir Putin confirmed to him that the Gazprom company will maintain gas deliveries, in his words.

On April 1, came into effect a decree fom the Kremlin regarding the use of the ruble in gas trade included in a list of more than 45 States, including the entire European Union.

These nations jointed the sanctions imposed by West against Moscow after the deployment of the military operation in Ukraine, an action that responded to a request from the authorities of Donetsk and Luhansk People´s Republics.

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