Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced that China will start paying for Russian gas supplies in rubles and yuan instead of dollars, while Moscow seeks to strengthen its relationship with Beijing in response to Western sanctions imposed on it.

Gazprom’s report notes that “a transfer has been made to complete payments for Russian gas supplies to China in the national currencies of the two countries – rubles and yuan.”

And on Friday, September 2, the Russian giant Gazprom announced that “the pumping of gas to Europe via Nord Stream 1 has been completely and indefinitely stopped due to turbine failures,” explaining that “the company has been notified” . need to fix.”

Notably, the Russian Presidency (Kremlin) has previously threatened that “Moscow will stop selling oil to countries that set a ceiling on the price of Russian oil”, noting that “the setting of a ceiling on the price of Russian oil”. to significant tension in the global energy market.” And she said that “Russian oil, which will not go to Europe, will go in alternative directions for countries that work on market conditions.”