MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. Russia’s partners are not experiencing additional difficulties with payments for gas supplies in rubles, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

"The President’s decree is effective. Actually, there are not any additional difficulties or losses for those who acquire [gas] under this pattern," he said speaking about the new mechanism of settlements.

Earlier, Reuters reported citing high-ranking EU officials, that May 20 was mentioned as a possible deadline to pay for Russian gas.

When asked if deliveries would be automatically stopped to those who did not open accounts with Gazprombank to pay for gas in rubles, Peskov said that different deliveries are paid within different terms - in accordance with contractual arrangements.

"I can’t tell you when the last period will be. Only Gazprom knows," he added.

On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that lays out a new procedure for paying for gas supplies by buyers from unfriendly countries. Now such states must transfer funds in foreign currencies to Gazprombank, which will buy rubles on exchanges and transfer them to special ruble accounts of importers.