Austria has no plans to pay for Russian gas in rubles, Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg said. “Our position is clear. We are committed to the already existing agreements (with Russia) and will not pay in rubles, we have no such intention,” Schallenberg told Al Jazeera in an interview. ...
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer walked away from his meeting on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin convinced that sanctions aren’t weakening the Kremlin’s determination to resolve the Donbass crisis before ending the military offensive in Ukraine. “He clearly confirmed that the sanctions are tough for Russia but the situation in ...