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Germany, which currently holds the G7 presidency, said the demand by Russia's President Vladimir Putin was "a unilateral and clear breach of the existing agreements."

Trading has resumed after the market closed for a month, but it’s not business as usual.

Vladimir Putin's threat to have "unfriendly" countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on has angered EU leaders.

0 the italians are dependent on russian energy. depending on what country youre talking to you get a different answer and agenda. talking about what they could potentially do next, all we have seen essentially is an agreement to diversify, try to find in the next several years a way to diversify away from russian energy sources. also in the last 24 hours after a very very long meeting, ive heard that it was quite a long slog, they decided to potentially do price caps. >> hadley, here comes -- ha...

Vladimir Putin's threat to have "unfriendly" countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on has angered EU leaders.

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries", which include all EU members, after Moscow was hit by unprecedented sanctions over Ukraine.

Putin is insisting that the US, the UK and the EU pay for their Russian gas purchases with rubles—a strategy to force the West to dilute the effects of its own sanctions on Moscow.

Trading was halted at Russia’s stock market on February 28 in a bid to cushion the impact of sanctions. And now the Moscow Exchange will restart trading for some stocks on March 24.

European officials rejected Russia’s demand, with Germany’s economic minister saying it amounted to a breach of contract.

0 hello everyone, its 7:00. world leaders are meeting in brussels this morning for an extraordinary nato some of it. at least one month on from the invasion of ukraine. uk forest a additional 6 million pounds to ukraine, and to step up their support. joe biden is expected to use the summit to announce new sanctions against russia. live in brussels throughout the morning. and -- the uk support for ukraine, and how britons are facing the biggest stall in living standards on record. today is the 24...