Energy ministers from the G7 group of nations have rejected Vladimir Putin’s demand that Russian natural gas be purchased exclusively in rubles. ...
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Burning money is not an efficient way to heat your house :)

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The exchange rate makes burning rubles quite competitive.

Ruble is almost back to where it was pre-invasion.

Russia is one of the biggest exporter of commodities in the world (oil, natural gas, wheat…). Ruble has plenty of support.

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That uptick is quite striking:

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RUB-USD?window=5Y

but it’s still pennies on the dollar. Their threat of a 4M ruble sanction on Wikipedia for documenting the Ukrainian invasion was only $49k. You could put that on a credit card.

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