"It will benefit both parties." Erdogan confirmed that he agreed with Putin on the payment of Russian gas in rubles

Erdogan confirmed that he would pay Russia for gas in rubles (photo: Sputnik / Vyacheslav Prokofyev / Pool Via Reuters) President of Turkey Regep Taiip Erdogan on August 5 confirmed that he and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. “We agreed with Putin's payment in rubles with natural gas trade. We hope that it will bring financial benefits to both parties, ”Anadol's Erdogan quotes.

Earlier, Russian viceremer Alexander Novak stated that Putin had agreed with Erdogan about partial payment for Russian gas in rubles. In Ankara, this information was not commented at the time. On August 5, Recep TaiP Erdogan arrived in Sochi for talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Earlier, he said that Western politicians "wrong approach" to the head of the Kremlin regime.

Turkey has condemned a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and has been giving our country weapons, but it refrain from accession to US and EU sanctions against Moscow and continues imports of Russian energy. On March 23, Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin instructed to translate the gas supply to "unfriendly countries" in rubles.