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(9,259 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2022, 03:09 PM Apr 2022

Russia to suspend gas supplies to Poland [View all]

Source: BBC

Russia will stop sending gas to Poland from Wednesday, the Polish state gas company PGNiG has said.

PGNiG said Russian energy firm Gazprom had told it all gas deliveries to the country would be halted from 08:00 CET (07:00 BST).

Gazprom has justified the suspension under new rules announced last month, which mean "unfriendly" countries must pay for gas in roubles.

PGNiG has refused to do this.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61237519

Germany is still classified as 'friendly'.

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Russia to suspend gas supplies to Poland [View all] speak easy Apr 2022 OP

Russian goods and money are now drenched in innocent blood. LudwigPastorius Apr 2022 #1

Last month, Poland had announced they would end imports "by the end of the year" BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #2

The end of the year came early this year. speak easy Apr 2022 #3

It sure as hell did. BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #5

Germany would not want to be reclassified as 'unfriendly' would they? speak easy Apr 2022 #6

It's like a psyops thing going on with Putin and the EU BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #8

this will force other countries to accelerate alternate supply channels. samsingh Apr 2022 #4

Cutting off nose to spite face. BlueIdaho Apr 2022 #7

Exactly! lark Apr 2022 #17

To Bulgaria too muriel_volestrangler Apr 2022 #9

Russia's gas company Gazprom is also halting gas deliveries to Bulgaria, yaesu Apr 2022 #10

If nobody else buys their oil and gas IronLionZion Apr 2022 #11

North Korea. Yeah. speak easy Apr 2022 #12

Their people don't need food or even COVID vaccines apparently IronLionZion Apr 2022 #13

Cut off sources of forex when you need it most. Smart. paleotn Apr 2022 #14

This is a big deal. If others follow suit, this could devastate Russia's economy. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #15

Putin has his sights set on Poland. He made that clear in his 2021 speech about Ukraine. Martin68 Apr 2022 #16

"Russia cuts off major gas supply to Poland, Bulgaria", now it gets real for Europe Shanti Shanti Shanti Apr 2022 #18

Hopefully Ukraine will bomb their pipelines now. Emile Apr 2022 #19