Putin demands Rubles for Russian Gas; Will Moscow's tactic to fight sweeping sanctions work?

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 ordered Russia's central bank to implement the new payment system within a week. Immediately after his announcement, the ruble -- which has plummeted since the start of the Ukraine conflict -- strengthened against the dollar and euro, while gas prices rose. Watch the full video for more.
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[mightyreyes]

Intelligent move by Russian President.💲💲💲💲

[chrisolga]

He said our goods. That means all exports most be paid in Rubles.

[Nowhere]

The man is a “Leader and in control of his own nation.. Respect.👍

[ronaldramos]

LoL that's a very Brilliant move by Putin, he outsmarted EU and US!

[isaacmatongo]

Love this every country must demand to be paid in their currency for their natural resources Africa must adopt this one we tired of Western influence making us poor every passing day

[tejapatel]

Wow a tight slap on EU and USA. Now pay for it.

[manoranjanraj]

Pay in Rubles. Now this becomes a very big headache to the western countries who are still buying natural gas from Russia. Smart move by Russia

[Pathfinder]

Fun fact : Many European countries are also going to buy oil from Russia like this
USA can't stop all 😂

[shyfly]

That’s a good sign, it means he cares about his economy and he’s not nuclear suicidal.

[dhkw]

If usa n West can implement what ever they want then Putin us right in doing this for his country.

[hkl]

PUTIN....TO NATO AND HOLD MY VODKA" LOL

[suhaimiabdullah]

What a smart move by president Putin 🤗👍

[swapnilwakale]

That's called master stroke..now we will see who is gonna remeber as with bad choice in history books

[samyakhp]

3:28 "breach of contract" tf? 😂😂, They are sanctioning Russia left and right but calling Russian retaliation as "breach of contract" ? 😂😂, The relations and contracts were already stained once you denounced Russia and sanctioned them.

[dindotagama]

So genius. This is the kind of leader that a world needs.

[An_ony_mous]

Well done Putin. Rouble is again getting stronger. It is now 1USD = 98 Roubles. It was above 100 before.. It had reached 125 too.

[balajiveeraraghavan]

We are unnecessarily upholding the value of Dollar. Right move. Let every country follow this by doing business with their own currency. Why US dollar?.

[surajcyriac]

Every payment to India should be done in rupees

[stfudance]

No one can deny that this play is by far THE Queen's Gambit period! Chess at it's finest. He knew the usual sanctions play by the west.

[roadmonkey]

You bite the hand that feeds you! You pay the price! Right on Putin!