Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, called the conversion of gas payments in Russia into rubles and the renunciation of currency another step toward escalation.
"The Russian Federation opened an anti-European front. Financial. Putin has announced the transfer of gas payments into rubles and the rejection of dollars and euros, which will provoke operational failures, pressure on public opinion. This is the second step toward escalation. The first is threats of strikes against euro logistics centers for helping Ukraine," Podolyak tweeted.
