No one saw this coming…lol – “EU sees way to pay for Russian gas without breaching sanctions”

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THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN!!!!

By Kate Abnett

BRUSSELS, April 22 (Reuters) – EU companies may be able to work around Russia’s demand to receive gas payments in roubles without breaching sanctions if they pay in euros or dollars which are then converted into the Russian currency, the European Commission said on Friday.
 
The companies would also need to seek additional conditions on the transactions, such as a statement that they consider their contractual obligations complete once they have deposited the non-Russian currencies.
 
Moscow has warned Europe it risks having gas supplies cut unless it pays in roubles. In March it issued a decree proposing that energy buyers open accounts at Gazprombank to make payments in euros or dollars, which would then be converted to roubles.
 
The Commission said earlier this month that the decree risked breaching EU sanctions since it would put the effective completion of the purchase – once the payments are converted to roubles – into the hands of the Russian authorities.
 
In an advisory document sent to member states on Thursday, however, the Commission said Moscow’s proposal does not necessarily prevent a payment process that would comply with EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict.
 
The Commission’s advice is not legally binding, but is an attempt to steer the discussion while member states work out how they can continue to pay for Russian gas.
 
Brussels said in the document that there were options that could allow companies to continue lawfully paying for gas.
 
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“EU companies can ask their Russian counterparts to fulfil their contractual obligations in the same manner as before the adoption of the decree, i.e. by depositing the due amount in euros or dollars,” the document said.
 
However, the procedure for securing exemptions from the requirements of the decree is not yet clear, it said.
 
Before making payments, EU operators could also make a clear statement that they consider their contractual obligations to be completed when they deposit euros or dollars with Gazprombank – as opposed to later, after the payment is converted into roubles, the document said.

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Putin has played this really well. He has exposed the corruption of the US, the weakness of the EU and established pretty solid financial footing with BRICS and energy sales. He also appears to have gained more support inside Russia. With a bonus track record like that, who wouldn’t want the US’s Demented Fraud administration as your enemy?

Proxy wars are always good for money laundering services.

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So the hero of Kiev has stated the ransom required for him not to expose Biden, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Adam Kinzinger, et al. who have been laundering aid money through Ukrainian oligarchs. A good mouthpiece for the hostage takers. And the hapless crooks seeking to save their bacon have been pumping this hood into epic status in hopes they could persuade him not to do exactly this, demand his ransom. 
Comrade Z methinks is on the threshold of an accident that will be blamed on Putin. Then maybe we will see a resolution to this hostage situation. After the mouthpiece gets zotzed, which shadowy oligarch wants to step up?

Ignore the ‘news’ regarding Ukraine. It’s a war, yes, but a manufactured war that we don’t have any business to be involved in. Ask yourself how we matter to a Ukraine conflict. And why. My whole life has been run by war mongers that create needless wars that get millions killed. For what? If Putin wants to wreck Ukraine, so be it. He’s the one who will have to rebuild it. Stay the Hell out of Ukraine!

Well… TRUMP saw it coming. He told them it was coming. He was, of course, RIGHT.

AGAIN.