Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Apr 1, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/8 Russia is demanding that European buyers pay for their gas in roubles. The driver for that is the freezing of #Russian foreign reserves and the #sanctions on the central bank. #SanctionsRussia#NaturalGas#EnergyCrisis2/8 Nominally, buying Russian gas is not banned, but that supposes that Russia will accept currency instruments it can't sell to support the rouble.