Rusia quema su gas a las puertas de la Unión Europea mientras recorta el suministro de combustible. En las inmediaciones de la polémica estación compresora de Portovaya, allí donde el gasoducto Nord Stream entra en el mar Báltico, una planta de gas natural licuado ha comenzado a quemar al aire unas cantidades sin precedentes de ese hidrocarburo cuando su precio se dispara a cifras récord.
The transfer of payment for Russian gas supplied abroad into rubles is an accelerated embodiment of the long-promoted idea of de-dollarization of world energy trade, according to experts interviewed by Izvestia. The new measure was announced on March 23 by President Vladimir Putin. Russia provides 40% of the EU's gas needs and importers are unlikely to be able to refuse existing contracts, analysts believe. However, so far only a few countries have agreed to the new conditions.
