russia supplies about a third of europe s gas. so, what does this mean for europe? here s our business presenter victoria fritz. this is almost a year up the worst april fools this is almost a year up the worst aprilfoolsjoke ever. nobody april fools joke ever. nobody is laughing because what putting a saying here is if don t effectively pay for gas in robles whichever way you want to do it and buy our own bank accounts we will not give you gas. we ve heard from germany and france who have rejected russia s demands. the german economy minister says it is important for us not to give a signal that we will be blackmailed by putin. and the french finance minister said contracts are contracts and they are preparing for the possibility there is no longer any russian gas . i ve been speaking to nikos safos , chairfor energy and geopolitics at the think tank center for strategic and international studies about whether russia will go through with the threat to cut gas supplies.
so, what does this mean for europe? here s our business presenter victoria fritz. this is, sort of, almost for europe, the worst april fools joke ever. nobody is laughing because what putin is saying here is if you don t effectively pay for our gas in roubles, whichever which way you want to do it, and via our own bank accounts, we will not give you gas. we ve heard from germany and france who have rejected russia s demands. the german economy minister says. and the french finance minister said. let s speak now to nikos safos, chair for energy and geopolitics at the think tank centre for strategic and international studies. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. . ., ., m programme. thanks for having me. do ou think it programme. thanks for having me. do you think it is programme. thanks for having me. do you think it is a programme. thanks for having me. do you think it is a chance