Poland and Bulgaria have had their gas supplies cut off by Russia’s energy giant Gazprom after the two E.U. countries did not pay in roubles, the state-owned company announced on Wednesday.
“As of the end of the working day on 26 April, Gazprom Export had not received rouble payments for gas deliveries in April from the companies ‘Bulgargaz’ (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland),” the company said in a statement.
The Saint Petersburg-headquartered company noted that “payments for gas delivered since 1 April must be made in roubles,” and that both companies had been notified of this “in a timely manner.”
The move makes Poland and Bulgaria the first countries to have their gas cut off by Russia since President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” began in Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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