{"id":3728,"date":"2022-04-14T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T10:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:47:10","slug":"fake-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/fr\/2022\/04\/14\/fake-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux : le Vatican aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier en Europe \u00e0 payer le gaz russe en roubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.prismic.io\/mystique\/b41c7b4d-573f-4edc-81e5-eb80c129a22f_vatican+city.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1200&amp;h=450&amp;q=75&amp;crop=faces&amp;fm=pjpg\" alt=\"Visiting Vatican City in Rome 2022 | Complete Guide\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les m\u00e9dias russes rapportent que la Banque du Vatican aurait effectu\u00e9 un paiement en roubles pour du gaz russe. Ils pr\u00e9cisent que cet \u00c9tat, situ\u00e9 au centre de Rome, aurait achet\u00e9 pour 10 millions d\u2019euros de roubles aupr\u00e8s de la Banque centrale de Russie. Selon des sources russes, le<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Vatican aurait accompli toutes les d\u00e9marches n\u00e9cessaires dans le cadre de l\u2019achat de gaz en roubles. La m\u00e9thode d\u2019achat de ressources \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques en monnaie russe avait \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9alablement d\u00e9finie par le gouvernement de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de Russie. Les cha\u00eenes Telegram Readovka, \u00ab\u041a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0431\u0430\u0440\u044b\u043d\u044f\u00bb (\u00abDame sanglante\u00bb) et d\u2019autres ont \u00e9galement \u00e9crit au sujet de la Banque du Vatican, allant jusqu\u2019\u00e0 plaisanter : \u00ab Sa Saintet\u00e9 nous a promis les joies du paradis au gaz. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un nouveau mensonge que les m\u00e9dias russes se sont empress\u00e9s de diffuser avec satisfaction pour prouver qu\u2019ils avaient raison et c\u00e9l\u00e9brer une nouvelle victoire. Les m\u00e9dias russes ne disposaient d\u2019aucune \u00ab source \u00bb imaginaire. Ils sont tomb\u00e9s dans le pi\u00e8ge d\u2019une publication satirique d\u2019un utilisateur de Twitter, qui s\u2019en est ensuite excus\u00e9. Malgr\u00e9 cela, de nombreux sites internet et utilisateurs des r\u00e9seaux sociaux ont publi\u00e9 cette information comme \u00e9tant fiable sans la v\u00e9rifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019information selon laquelle le Vatican aurait achet\u00e9 du gaz russe en roubles a \u00e9t\u00e9 v\u00e9rifi\u00e9e et r\u00e9fut\u00e9e par Myth Detector, Peril of Africa et Oilprice.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you know, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered government authorities, Gazprom and the Central Bank of Russia to agree on payment in rubles for Russian gas with the so-called unfriendly countries. However, on March 28, the G7 rejected Russia&#8217;s request, stating that it would be a unilateral violation of the treaties. The next gas blackmail of the Kremlin failed, like all the previous ones.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian media report that the Vatican Bank has allegedly made a payment for Russian gas in rubles. It is noted that the state, located in the center of Rome, has bought 10 million euros worth of rubles in the Central Bank of Russia. 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