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Putin: Russia will only accept rubles for gas deliveries to EU members.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a televised government meeting, that "unfriendly countries" must pay for Russian energy in rubles and ordered the changes to be implemented within a week. EU member states are part of Russia's official "unfriendly countries" list.

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