Russia and China have signed a legally binding memorandum for the construction of a new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China.
The state-owned German energy company SEFE continued to play a central role in importing liquefied natural gas from Russia into the European Union.
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom announced that it had suspended natural gas supply to Europe through a pipeline running through Ukraine.
Gazprom halted gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline due to maintenance at the beginning of September and then refused to resume delivery.
Taking control of the Rosneft Deutschland is the latest move by Germany to shore up its energy industry.
Russia is blaming the reduced volume of gas deliveries on technical issues resulting from the sanctions imposed by the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The countries said anyone with close ties to Russia or Belarus should also be removed from important sports posts.
Finland had this week applied to join NATO, a move that likely angered Russia.
Ukraine is halting transit of gas through Luhansk, one of its contested eastern regions, gas network operator OGTSU’s data showed on Wednesday.
The deadline for the rouble payments had been set for Thursday. Mr Putin is meeting Gazprom and central bank officials on Thursday.
