Netherlands won't allow its companies to pay for gas in rubles

The Netherlands will not allow its companies to accept Moscow's demand to pay for gas in rubles, Bloomberg informs referring to the country's authorities, Report informs, citing RIA Novosti.

"The Dutch government agrees with the conclusion of the European Commission that the Russian decree is a violation of existing sanctions ... This means that Dutch companies are not allowed to agree to these conditions," the agency quotes a representative of the Ministry of Economics and Climate Policy of the Netherlands.