YEREVAN. – The Russian sources of Hraparak daily do not rule out that a completely different option will be applied to the reduction of the Russian natural gas price for Armenia, and that the price will not be reduced, but rather be paid in Russian rubles, according to the daily.

“The ruble is stabilizing, and as a result of recounts, the Armenian side will benefit in all respects.

‘“By the way, [the decision for Russian PM] Dmitry Medvedev’s [forthcoming] visit to Armenia one day earlier likewise was made as a result of the [Armenian and Russian Presidents] Serzh Sargsyan-[Vladimir] Putin agreement,’ our source informed.

“By the way, the Armenian side is somewhat bewildered about the possibility of payment in rubles, but, according our information, one of the advocates of this option is also ‘the’ EAEU [i.e. Eurasian Economic Union] [and Armenia’s former] Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, who, according to the same sources, since he has extensive experience in banking and monetary policy, he will attempt to apply the ‘fixed idea’ of a single currency—starting from Armenia—to form a single EAEU market,” Hraparak wrote.