Belarus likely to pick rouble, not dollar, to pay for Russian gas

The transition from the US dollar to the Russian rouble in payments for the Russian gas is possible in the future, said Gazprom's deputy director of the board Andrei Kruglov. This relates to Belarus and other former Soviet states, he said. "This question was analyzed. However, there has been no final decision or timeframe yet", Kruglov said.

At the same time, the Gazprom official stressed that this topic is interesting for the supplier and that a pilot project could be implemented in this field in the future, writes Zvyazda.