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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Bond,Nicholas Cecil and Daniel Keane

Gas prices surge as Russia says it is cutting supply to Poland and Bulgaria

A worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline

(Picture: AP)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday condemned Russia’s decision to cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail”.

Russian energy giant Gazprom said it was halting supplies to the two eastern European countries after they refused to pay for the shipments in roubles.

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