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"Transneft" goes into rubles in settlements with foreign partners.

Russian transit company first supported the proposal Igor Shuvalov, the transition to ruble settlements with foreign partners. - The company "Transneft" supplies to China annually 6 million. Tons of oil.





April 25 passed a government meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, with the participation of representatives of the major energy companies such as "Rosneft", "Gazprom" and "Transneft". It suggested that the official companies to obtain payment for the supply of fuel to pass from foreign buyers to the Russian ruble. The first sentence of Shuvalov supported the pipeline company "Transneft", which in the supply of crude oil to China instead of paying US $ pass on the ruble. In the company believe that China thanks to cooperation with Russian ruble has enough weight to go smoothly for the Russian currency when paying for oil transportation.

Head of Public Communications of OJSC "AK" Transneft "Igor Demin told" Izvestia "that ease the situation with the transition to the ruble may be the fact that China itself has given" Transneft "and" Rosneft "ruble loan for oil supplies.

- After the meeting, we came to the conclusion that we will even be profitable to switch to ruble payments. So it is easier to carry out accounting calculations and solve other issues. The Chinese have a lot of ruble necessary to go to these payments. And in general, the ruble today in China is quite popular currency for financial transactions, - said Demin. - The company "Transneft" is supplied to China annually 6 million. M. Of oil, and in the near future this figure will not change.

At the same time, Igor Demin said that other Russian oil companies have not yet submitted their decisions on the transition to payments from foreign buyers to the Russian ruble.

- The fact that the volume of "Rosneft" in the Chinese market for our greater. "Gazprom" is mainly engaged in the supply of natural gas to Europe, where no such ruble supply, as in China, - said Demin. - He'll have to correlate the possible solution for the transition to the ruble with the Central Bank, which will provide European partners ruble payment mechanism for delivery.

Sami ruble relations with other countries is not new to the "Transneft". A few years ago the company started accepting payments in rubles from Kazakhstan for the transit of its oil through Russian territory to the final buyer.

Press Secretary of "Rosneft" Mikhail Leontyev told "Izvestia" that during the government meeting heard serious proposals for the transition to ruble for deliveries abroad.

- I did not hear serious proposals to change financial policy because such a measure implies a global transition in the calculations for the national currency and the abandonment of the dollar, - said Leontiev.

The largest gas company in the country - "Gazprom" - failed to promptly provide comment on its plans for the transition to ruble under external contracts.

The chief economist of the Center for Economic Research Foundation of the HSE, Valery Mironov, quite skeptical about the possibility to scale the transition of Russian energy companies on ruble accounts with foreigners.
- For such a move to be a stable currency. We can come to this measure internally if there shall be alternatives, but so far the main calculations are carried out in dollars and euros. But if you have yet to do this, then this country have to work hard over the stability of the ruble, which is not even one year - said Mironov. - The introduction of such measures can now scare our partners, if they accumulate rubles. As a result, they will look for other suppliers. So that the transition to ruble calculations under these conditions can turn to us or reducing the number of partners, or the requirements of discounts on their part to compensate for the instability of our currency.
Economist and director of the company "Neocon" Mikhail Khazin believes that, in addition to "Transneft", none of the energy giants will not go to ruble payments.
- It is impossible vvecti everywhere. "Transneft" could agree to this, as it has, and so the main settlements in rubles and it is mainly occupied by transportation rather than sales - said Khazin. - It is necessary to radically change the internal economic policies to work on its stability. In the current situation of our country will not agree to such innovation, even if they offer discounts for the instability of our currency.

"Transneft", defected to the Russian ruble in the calculations with China is a monopoly of main oil pipelines in the country. With more than 70 thous. Km of pipelines, the company transports more than 90% of all oil produced in Russia.

By the way:
What will happen to the United States, when we start to sell oil for rubles.


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