Putin on Western Energy Wars: knock-on effects will hit whole world (RT News)

President Putin has told oil and gas industry representatives that preparing the foreign market to trade in local currencies was a "strategic task", adding that:

◾️Attempts by Western countries to oust Russian energy suppliers will inevitably affect the entire global economy

◾️Banks from "unfriendly countries" are delaying payments for Russian energy

◾️A reasonable replacement for Russian gas in Europe is possible in the future, but now there simply isn't one