Russia stops supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria

The move comes after Poland and Bulgaria refused to pay Gazprom Russia by Ruble.

Data from network of carriers gas The European Union (EU) shows that the actual gas flow through the Yamal-Europe pipeline from Belarus to Poland has reached zero kilowatt hours (kWh) at 16:00 on April 26, local time, compared to over 52 million kWh/day in the morning of the same day.

While on April 26, the Bulgarian Energy Minister said that gas supplies from Russia through the TurkStream pipeline system were also halted on April 27. It is known that Bulgaria imports about 90% of its gas from Russia, the rest comes from Azerbaijan.

Earlier, Russia warned European countries about the risk of gas supply cut off unless payment in ruble.

Poland and many European countries have repeatedly denied paying for gas in rubles under the new Russian rules.

Meanwhile, some Russian gas buyers have signaled that they may agree to Moscow’s demands. On April 25, Uniper, a major importer of German gas from Russia, said it could pay for future supplies without violating Western sanctions.

According to Bloomberg, gas price in Europe increased 17% immediately after the news of the cessation of gas supplies from Russia.