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Russia-Ukraine war: Gazprom cuts gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria

A worker turns a valve at the Nesvizhskaya compressor station some 130km (81 miles) from Minsk, Belarus, on January 9, 2009 [File: Sergej Vasiljev/Reuters]

Russia’s Gazprom has suspended gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria, citing the two countries’ refusal to pay in Russian roubles, prompting accusations of “blackmail” and emergency talks at the European Union headquarters in Brussels.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Russian energy giant said it has “completely suspended gas supplies” to Poland’s PGNiG and Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz “due to absence of payments in roubles”.

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