Ankara is demanding an exemption to use Gazprombank to pay for natural gas imports, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said Türkiye is currently in talks with the US to secure a sanctions waiver that would allow it to continue using Russia’s Gazprombank to pay for natural gas imports, the country’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told reporters on Monday. Last week, the US Treasury Department imposed restrictions on more than 50 Russian financial institutions, including Gazprombank,