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France accuses Russia of weaponising energy after Gazprom cuts gas deliveries

The gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL long-distance gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. © Stefan Sauer/AP

France has accused Russia of using energy supplies as "a weapon of war" after Russian gas giant Gazprom reduced deliveries to French energy utility Engie.

"Very clearly Russia is using gas as a weapon of war and we must prepare for the worst case scenario of a complete interruption of supplies,” France's Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on French public radio Tuesday, after Engie announced it would be receiving less natural gas from Gazprom starting Tuesday.

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