By Daniel Thomas – Business reporter, BBC News
Russia imports nearly half of its gas from Russia
One of Germany’s biggest energy firms has said it is preparing to buy Russian gas using a payment system that critics say will undermine EU sanctions.
Uniper says it will pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting a Kremlin demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.
Other European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.
Uniper said it had no choice but said it was still abiding by EU sanctions.
“We consider a payment conversion compliant with sanctions law and the Russian decree to be possible,” a spokesman told the BBC.
“For our company and for Germany as a whole, it is not possible to do without Russian gas in the short term; this would have dramatic consequences for our economy.”
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: We Are Winning The Two-Front Information War – By Lucian K. Truscott IV
LET US GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY UPFRONT: The information in this story was not leaked to me from within the intelligence community, nor did I speak to a source or sources with inside access to the CIA, NSA, nor did anyone close to someone working for any of the nation’s intelligence agencies talk to me.
THERE. See how easy that was? All I had to do was give you a list of precut denials, and I had you! I could be lying through my teeth, but at first blush, you believed me, didn’t you?
This kind of double and triple blind dealing in the release of top-secret information, or a version of it, has been happening all week on the front page of the New York Times and in reports on NBC News. Continue reading →
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