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Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland
Due to non-payment of the gas supply in rubles, Russia decided to cut off the supply of the mineral to Poland and Bulgaria, additionally the Kremlin indicated that these policies are applied, since they have been the object of hostile acts against them.
Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the government of Vladimir Putin, explained that due to the sanctions that exist, Russia had to change the payment method to make transactions with them, after the "theft of a significant part" of its reserves abroad.
The decision was made in March by the Russian head of state, who announced to his buyers that each transaction must be canceled with the local currency (rubles) and warned that whoever did not comply would have their supply cut off if they did so. it requires.
Response of those affected
The Polish government assured that this cut in the gas supply represents a breach of the contract and that they will make the corresponding claim for their rights.
In addition, to the complaints that it will raise, Poland announced the names of 50 companies and business people who live in this country and will be sanctioned for relations with the government of Vladimir Putin.
While Bulgaria, whose gas supplies will also be cut off, has had "good" relations with Russia for many years. However, this did not prevent the Kremlin from giving the order to cut off the mineral service.
The Bulgarian government reported that it plans a meeting with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, possibly to replace the gas service provider.
