President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned “unfriendly” countries, including all EU members, that they would be cut off from Russian gas unless they opened an account in rubles to pay for deliveries. Western countries have piled crippling sanctions on Moscow since it moved troops into Ukraine, including the freezing of its $300 billion of foreign currency reserves. While the United States banned the import of Russian oil and gas, the European Union — which received around 40 percent of its gas supplies from Russia in 2021 — has retained deliveries from Moscow. “They must open ruble accounts…

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