this\many times. i suspect at this point that neet neither country will agree to pay it in rubles? that does seem to be the case. they have said in the past that they are not willing to do this. eu has in fact warned that doing so could be in violation of sanctions. and we have a response from the eu commission chairperson today, she said the announcement that it is unilaterally stopping delivery of gas to customers in europe is yet another attempt by russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail. it is unjust night aified and unacceptable. and so she is clearly very concerned about this. she said that meeting of the gas coordination group in europe is taking place right now. she says that they have been sourcing other alternative suppliers, but for europe, gas is the hardest one. they get about 40% of that will gas from russia and it is the