Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, Overseas Network reported that on March 28, local time, German Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said that the Group of Seven (G7) refused to pay for Russia's natural gas and other energy resources in rubles.
Abramov, deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament), responded to this, saying that the G7 refused to buy Russian gas in rubles, which would definitely lead to an interruption of gas supply. Russia cannot supply natural gas for free.
U.S. stocks were mixed after the opening bell on the 28th, and popular Chinese concept stocks continued to rise. International oil prices plummeted, WTI crude oil futures fell 8%, below the $105/barrel mark, and Brent crude oil fell 7.3%. The Russian ruble rose above the 90-ruble mark against the U.S. dollar, hitting a new high since March 1, data from the Moscow Exchange showed.
Popular Chinese concept stocks continue to rise
At press time, the Nasdaq was up 0.55%. Popular Chinese concept stocks continued to rise. Bilibili and Zhihu rose by more than 10%, Qutoutiao rose by more than 13%, Weilai Automobile rose by more than 6%, and Futu Holdings rose by nearly 4%. In terms of European stock markets, major stock indexes in France, Germany, and Italy all Crude oil futures continued to decline, with WTI crude oil futures down nearly 8% and Brent crude down more than 7%. LME nickel fell 4.2%.On March 28, local time, all stocks on the Moscow Exchange resumed normal trading, and the benchmark MOEX index opened lower and moved lower, closing down 2.15%.The Central Bank of Russia announced on March 26 that it will resume trading of all Russian stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange from the 28th, and corporate bonds and government bonds will also be released simultaneously. The trading hours are from 10:00 to 14:00 Moscow time (15:00 Beijing time). until 19:00). Russia's central bank also claimed that short selling would be banned.
Trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange has been suspended since February 25, the longest break in modern history.
On March 24, the Moscow Stock Exchange was the first to resume trading in 33 of the most liquid stocks, including Gazprom, Sberbank, and other companies. At the same time, short selling is prohibited and foreigners are prohibited from selling securities they hold.
German Deputy Chancellor: G7 has refused to settle in rubles
CCTV News reported that on March 28, local time, German Deputy Chancellor and Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Habeck said after the video conference of the energy ministers of the G7 countries that the members of the G7 countries rejected Russia's proposal to pay for energy in rubles. Require.
Germany currently holds the rotating presidency of the G7. According to Harbeck, officials from the European Union also participated in the meeting that day. According to Habeck, the G7 ministers agreed that the requirement to pay in rubles was "a unilateral and manifest breach of existing agreements".
He pointed out that the signed contract is still in force, and the companies involved must fulfill their obligations under the contract: "This means that payment in rubles is not acceptable."
Overseas.com reported that RIA Novosti and the Associated Press reported that German Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said that the G7 refused to pay for Russia's natural gas and other energy resources in rubles. Abramov, deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament), responded to this, saying that the G7 refused to buy Russian gas in rubles, which would definitely lead to interruptions in gas supplies. Russia cannot supply natural gas for free.
Negotiations continue
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin has never refused to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but it is important to be fully prepared for the meeting, according to a report by RIA Novosti on the 28th.
Lavrov said the leaders of the two countries should meet once Russia and Ukraine are close to reaching an agreement on some key issues. The Russian side hopes that the negotiation will be successful.
According to a CCTV news report, on March 28, local time, the Russian delegation to the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine arrived in Istanbul, Turkey by special plane.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators said on the 27th that the two sides will hold a new round of face-to-face talks on the situation in Ukraine this week.
The head of the Russian negotiating delegation and assistant to the president, Mekinsky, posted on social media on the 27th that the Russian-Ukrainian delegation held video negotiations that day, and the two sides decided to hold face-to-face negotiations from the 29th to the 30th.
Russia is about to complete the collection of evidence of U.S. military activities in Ukraine
According to CCTV news reports, on March 28 local time, Russian Security Council Secretary Patrushev said that Russia is about to complete the collection of evidence on the US military and biological activities in Ukraine. The civilized world will see the United States continue the tradition of the Third Reich (i.e. Nazi Germany) of conducting inhumane human experiments.
Patrushev believes that the emergence of new world development centers has made the United States increasingly dissatisfied, and it has done everything possible to maintain its hegemony and wage wars in other parts of the world such as Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc. . Patrushev pointed out that the foreign debt of the United States has exceeded 30 trillion US dollars, and the United States has begun to push humanity into a global catastrophe.
