Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country refused President Vladimir Putin's demand to pay in rubles. 9News
Finland is the latest country to lose the energy supply, which is used to generate electricity and power industry, after rejecting Russia's decree.
The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, has said the system does not violate EU sanctions if countries make a payment in the currency listed in their contracts and then formally signal that the payment process is concluded. But it says opening a second account in rubles would breach sanctions.That's left countries scrambling to decide what to do next.
Finland refused the new payment system, with energy company Gasum saying its supply from Russia would be halted Saturday.But "provided that there will be no disruptions in the gas transmission network, we will be able to supply all our customers with gas in the coming months," Wiljanen said. Russia has already halted all gas flowing through the Yamal pipeline in Germany in order to cut Poland off from Russian gas supplies.
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