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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Joanna Partridge

Russia cuts gas supplies to Netherlands and firms in Denmark and Germany

gas processing plant
Gazprom's gas processing facility at its Bovanenkovo Arctic gasfield. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Russia has further cut off gas supplies to Europe, after state energy giant Gazprom turned off the taps to a top Dutch trader and halted flows to some companies in Denmark and Germany.

The intensification of the economic battle on Tuesday over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine follows the EU’s overnight decision to place an embargo on most Russian oil imports as part of its financial sanctions against the Kremlin.

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