No, @owasco. You shouldn’t take your conclusions just from ‘skimming’…

Vatican is proposing

Proposal is not a deal. Russia would always talk with anyone who comes with some proposal. Deals are done only if they are in the interest of Russian people.

The Russians developed the PBS payment system, tying the ruble to the energy resources at their disposal,

What you find wrong with it? U.S. had petro-dollar because dollar lost its gold background, and needed something to make it more than a piece of paper.

Now Russia has petro-ruble. That is actually very sensible move.