Russia is preparing to cut electricity supplies to Finland this weekend, a supplier warned today (May 13). It comes after Finland announced its ambition to join the Nato military alliance earlier this week following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"We are forced to suspend the electricity import starting from May 14," RAO Nordic, a subsidiary of Russian state energy holding Inter RAO said in a statement. It added the company had not received payment for volumes sold in May.
Finnish grid firm Fingrid said the cut off will start on Saturday, Al Arabiya reports. "There is no threat to the adequacy of electricity in Finland," Fingrid said and added that power from Russia accounted for some 10 per cent of Finland's total power consumption.
