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Poland says countries paying for Russian gas in roubles should be penalised

FILE PHOTO: A cashier of a private company uses a machine while counting 100-rouble banknotes at an office in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo

The European Union should penalise countries that use roubles to pay for Russian gas, Poland's climate minister said, following Moscow's decision to cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over their refusal to do so.

EU member states appear split on how they can keep paying for gas without breaching European sanctions imposed over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Many nations in Europe remain heavily reliant on Russian energy imports.

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