🇷🇺 Today, after a protracted illness, the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky died. This is a blow for the whole of Russia, for the army of his supporters.
Without exaggeration, a great man passed away, he inscribed himself in the history of our country and the whole world.
We all mourn.
Hungary's authoritarian leader breaks with the EU, saying he'll pay for Russian gas in rubles
Hungary's authoritarian prime minister has broken ranks with the European Union, saying that he will pay for Russian gas in rubles amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine.
"We don't have any difficulty paying in rubles. If the Russians ask us to, we pay in rubles," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters on Wednesday, according to a tweet by Hungary's international spokesman Zoltan Kovacs.
Putin has threatened to stop sending gas to Europe if countries Russia designated as "unfriendly" don't pay in rubles.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hungary-leader-orban-breaks-ranks-eu-pay-russian-gas-rubles-2022-4?op=1