On Wednesday, the plenary session of the European Parliament voted in favor of a report requiring mandatory gender training for MEPs. The position of the Fidesz EP delegation is clear: it rejects gender insanity, and thus the new blackmail attempt of the left-wing EP groups.
says it won t tolerate any attempt at political blackmail . mr putin s ultimatum is an attempt to boost the russian currency which has been hit by sanctions following the invasion of ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. it is where vladimir putin likes to be. centre stage. and from the kremlin leader today, a threat to cut gas supplies to what he called unfriendly nations if they don t pay in roubles. translation: the financial| system of western countries is being used as a weapon. western companies refused to fulfil contracts with russian banks. assets in dollars and euros are frozen so it makes no sense to use the currencies of these countries. europe relies heavily on russian gas. the demand for payment in roubles, not foreign currency, may be designed
buyers of russian gas, says it won t tolerate attempts at political blackmail . mr putin s ultimatum is an attempt to boost the russian currency, which has been hit by sanctions following the invasion of ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. it is where vladimir putin likes to be. centre stage. and from the kremlin leader today, a threat to cut gas supplies to what he called unfriendly nations if they don t pay in roubles. translation: the financial| system of western countries is being used as a weapon. western companies refused to fulfil contracts with russian banks. assets in dollars and euros are frozen so it makes no sense to use the currencies of these countries. europe relies heavily on russian gas. the demand for payment in roubles, not foreign currency, may be designed to make putin look
at political blackmail . mr putin s ultimatum is an attempt to boost the russian currency, which has been hit by sanctions following the invasion of ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. it s where vladimir putin likes to be. centre stage. and from the kremlin leader today, a threat to cut gas supplies to what he called unfriendly nations if they don t pay in roubles. translation: the financial system of western countries is being used as a weapon. western companies refused to fulfil contracts with russian banks. assets in dollars and euros are frozen so it makes no sense to use the currencies of these countries. europe relies heavily on russian gas. the demand for payment in roubles, not foreign currency, may be designed to make putin look strong at home. in europe, they will be
is unlikely to fade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in moscow where president putin stands accused of blackmailing european countries over supplies of russian gas. on thursday, mr putin threatened to stop supplying gas to what he called unfriendly countries if they weren t willing to deal in the russian currency. he signed a presidential decree stating that buyers of gas had to open rouble accounts in russian banks from friday. germany one of the main buyers of russian gas says it won t tolerate any attempt at political blackmail . mr putin s ultimatum is an attempt to boost the russian currency which has been hit by sanctions following the invasion of ukraine.