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European importers of Russian natural gas have until at least the second half of April to comply with Moscow’s demand that they pay in roubles, the Kremlin said, as buyers struggle to understand their obligations.
克里姆林宫表示，俄罗斯天然气的欧洲进口商可以至少等到4月下半月再遵守莫斯科方面支付卢布的要求，因为买家仍在努力理解它们的义务。
“Payment for the actual deliveries that are going on now does not need to be made today,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, on Friday, the day after Russia published a decree on rouble payments.
克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫（Dmitry Peskov）周五表示：“正在交付的天然气不需要在今天就完成支付。”此前一天，俄罗斯发布了一项有关卢布支付的法令。
His comments eased fears that Russia could immediately shut off supplies to any buyer that did not offer roubles. But the longer-term threat remains of Moscow halting deliveries and starving parts of Europe of energy.
他的言论缓解了人们的担忧，即俄罗斯可能会立即切断对任何不愿提供卢布的买家的供应。但莫斯科方面切断供应，以及欧洲部分地区的能源短缺，仍是更长期的威胁。