Russia has announced that it is suspending gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, branding the countries “unfriendly” for refusing to comply with its abrupt order that they pay in roubles, despite the contract the countries signed stipulating that payment be made in euros or dollars.
Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki told his country’s parliament he believed the move by Russian energy giant Gazprom amounted to punishment for Poland’s announcement of further sanctions against 50 oligarchs and businesses, including the company, its latest gesture of opposition to the war in Ukraine.
