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#16004807 at 2022-04-03 18:46:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20242: Sunday Morning at the Q Movie Edition
3 Apr, 2022 13:52
Slovakia agrees to pay for Russian gas in rubles
Did Trump have to be out of office to make this happen? I think so
The country cannot afford to lose its major supplier
Slovakia will pay for Russian natural gas in rubles if that's what it takes to keep the commodity flowing, Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulik has said on national television.
"If there is a condition to pay in rubles, then we will pay in rubles," Sulik said. He stressed that Russian imports account for roughly 85% of all Slovakian gas supplies, so the country's authorities will remain pragmatic on the issue.
"We cannot be cut off from gas," Sulik emphasized, urging the rest of Europe to jointly seek a solution.
Nearly all of the countries of the European Union, of which Slovakia is a member, slapped Russia with economic sanctions over the past month, jeopardizing Russia's ability to receive payments from trade partners in the European currency. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin last week signed a decree introducing a new ruble gas payment mechanism.
Although it is viewed by some as going against existing gas contracts, the mechanism does not imply a change of the currency of payment. It enables buyers to open ruble accounts with Russian Gazprombank to facilitate the transfer of European companies' payments to Russian suppliers.
According to Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, "de facto nothing will change for European companies... They will pay, as they used to, in euro, the same currency that is indicated in the contracts," but the seller, Russia's major gas exporter Gazprom, will be able to receive the funds in Russia's national currency. Despite extensive explanations, however, many Russian buyers found themselves puzzled by the change. The initial reaction was mostly one of protest, with countries claiming they would not pay for gas in rubles. However, it appears that this will not be necessary at all.
The Slovakian economy minister, along with a number of other European politicians, said the situation calls for diversification of suppliers. But he said this may take years, while Slovakia has only two months to solve the current problem with fuel purchases.
https://www.rt.com/business/553219-slovakia-russian-gas-rubles/
#13291540 at 2021-03-24 23:06:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16837: Granny Murderer Cuomo Pushed Out Of News By False Flags Edition
Slovak Foreign Minister Resigns As Government Totters
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Thomson Reuters
Mar 24, 2021 5:46 AM
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok resigned on Wednesday amid a crisis threatening the four-party government led by Prime Minister Igor Matovic, Korcok's party said.
Korcok is the sixth minister to quit the cabinet since a coalition row erupted at the start of March.
It was sparked by Matovic's bypassing his coalition partners and ordering Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which has not been cleared for usage by the European Union's medicines agency, EMA.
The crisis hits the country of 5.5 million as it slowly emerges from its worst coronavirus wave to date, which has overfilled hospitals and put Slovakia among Europe's worst-hit countries in recent weeks.
Korcok is a nominee of the right-wing Freedom and Solidarity Party (SaS), which has been demanding the government be reformed with the same parties but under a new prime minister.
SaS and another coalition party, Za Ludi, have called on Matovic to quit after a year of tumultuous governing filled with spats between Matovic, an anti-corruption campaigner whose OLANO movement surprisingly won last year's election, and his partners.
President Zuzana Caputova joined the calls for his resignation on Tuesday, and for a new cabinet formed by the same four parties to lead the country out of the health crisis.
Matovic himself said on Sunday he was willing to quit but listed a series of conditions. Among them are a spot for himself in any new cabinet but not for his main rival, SaS chief Richard Sulik.
OLANO's Jaroslav Nad, the defence minister, has said Finance Minister Eduard Heger may become the prime minister if there is an agreement on new government.
The ruling parties together have a solid majority in parliament and have all spoken against calling an early election.
Slovakia has received 200,000 of the Sputnik vaccines, but has yet to start administering the shots, pending testing of the batch, expected to be concluded this week. It would be the second EU country after Hungary to vaccinate with a product not approved by the EU drug regulator.
(Reporting by Jan Lopatka; editing by Alison Williams, Larry King)
https://kfgo.com/2021/03/24/slovak-foreign-minister-resigns-as-government-totters/