The Russian public company Gazprom has suspended the supply of gas to both Poland and Bulgaria, claiming that they do not pay in rubles because they do not. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has made it clear that, in the face of this ‘blackmail’, they will act ‘with solidarity’ between the European Union’s partners.

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has responded strongly to the question: "If anyone intends to intervene and create a strategic threat against Russia, it is unacceptable to us and us. I should know that the aggressions we are going to carry out as a response are going to be very quick." The following determinations have also been made: -For that we have all the instruments, even those that no one else has. We will not celebrate them, we will use them if necessary. And I want everyone to know."

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in March that Russian natural gas would be paid in rubbles, not in euros or dollars, "for countries that are not friends". Russian gas and oil are vital to the European Union and Russia is apparently using that pressure.

The European Union itself rejected from the outset the payment to rubbles of the oil and gas it imports from Russia, among other things because such a way of circumventing economic sanctions violates contract requirements vigentes.La organization, called the Gas Coordination Group, composed of leaders of the 27 states of the club, regulators and representatives of industry companies and consumers, states that 97% of the contracts with Russia in this area "must be made explicitly". Von der Leyne states that companies that pay in rubles would "not comply" with the sanctions imposed on Kremlin by the US Government.

Tensions in transnistria

In the state of Transnistria, an undeclared country located between Moldova and Ukraine, tension has skyrocketed recently. Since 1992 he has been an independent people, led by Vadim Krasnoselski, but the UN has never granted him recognition or any other state. The withdrawal of Moldova took place during the 1992 civil war and there has since been a ceasefire, although the conflicts remain unresolved.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski regretted that Russia wanted to "destabilise" the situation in Ukraine and, in his view, to open the way for Russian troops to move there.

On 24 February, the Russian Army entered into Ukraine and, since then, the two sides have not been able to reach a peace agreement.