Now, as a result, russia has stopped all gas supplies to those two countries. will you here and now with me say we in slovakia will not bow to russia s demand that we pay in roubles? the initiative that we will pay in euros was the initiative driven by slovakia. we were the ones that friday where we said and we called all the country and we said, please, we need to stay united. our payment goes until may 20th. that s where the next payment needs to be. and that s why we have still time and we need to develop the solution. thanks to the ukraine war, slovakia is a small country under enormous pressure and the prime minister knows that pressure could yet intensify and last for years. stephen sackur, bbc news, bratislava. the bbc understands that a consortium led by the owner of the la dodgers baseball team is set to be named the preferred bidder for chelsea. that s despite a late offer from british billionaire jim ratcliffe yesterday.