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UE no pagará en rublos por gas ruso y debe prepararse para una quiebra de abastecimiento

La posibilidad de que Rusia corte el suministro de gas a los países que se nieguen a pagar en rublos hace encenderse luces de advertencia, y para evitar ese escenario los países del bloque buscan aclaraciones sobre sus opciones

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 18, 2015 Picture taken on February 18, 2015 shows facilities of Novoprtovskoye oil and gas condensates oilfield of Russian gas and oil giant Gazprom at Cape Kamenny in the Gulf of Ob shore line in the south-east of a peninsular in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, 250 km north of the town of Nadym, northern Russia. For the first time "Gazprom Neft" company implemented winter shipment of oil by sea from Novoportovskoye deposit located on the Yamal Peninsula. The first batch of raw materials in the amount of 16 thousand tons was sent to European consumers by two tankers accompanied by an icebreaker. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY GOLOVANOV - OPEC members and other oil-producing countries convene in Vienna this week December 2018 to discuss cutting their output targets, torn between plunging oil prices and pressure from the United States to keep prices low.  Under the watchful eye of major producers such as Saudia Arabia and Russia, delegates from both the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and around 10 other non-OPEC members -- which together account for more than half of total global output -- will first hold preparatory meetings earlier in the week and then full plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. (Photo by Andrey GOLOVANOV / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 18, 2015 Picture taken on February 18, 2015 shows facilities of Novoprtovskoye oil and gas condensates oilfield of Russian gas and oil giant Gazprom at Cape Kamenny in the Gulf of Ob shore line in the south-east of a peninsular in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, 250 km north of the town of Nadym, northern Russia. For the first time "Gazprom Neft" company implemented winter shipment of oil by sea from Novoportovskoye deposit located on the Yamal Peninsula. The first batch of raw materials in the amount of 16 thousand tons was sent to European consumers by two tankers accompanied by an icebreaker. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY GOLOVANOV - OPEC members and other oil-producing countries convene in Vienna this week December 2018 to discuss cutting their output targets, torn between plunging oil prices and pressure from the United States to keep prices low. Under the watchful eye of major producers such as Saudia Arabia and Russia, delegates from both the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and around 10 other non-OPEC members -- which together account for more than half of total global output -- will first hold preparatory meetings earlier in the week and then full plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. (Photo by Andrey GOLOVANOV / AFP) ANDREY GOLOVANOV

Bruselas. La Unión Europea (UE) no pagará sus compras de gas a Rusia en rublos, y por lo tanto debe prepararse para una ruptura del abastecimiento, admitió este lunes una alta fuente de la Comisión Europea al fin de una reunión de ministros de energía.

La comisaria europea de Energía, Kadri Simson, dijo que la exigencia rusa de recibir pagos en rublos es una “modificación unilateral e injustificada de los contratos, y por eso es legítimo rechazarla”.

De acuerdo con Simson, aproximadamente el 97% de los contratos firmados por empresas europeas para compra de gas ruso y que especifican la moneda de pago se refieren al euro o al dólar estadounidense.

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