Russia will suspend gas supplies to Poland, according to a Polish state-run gas firm, in a dramatic escalation of tensions with the West
London In a dramatic escalation of tensions with the West, Russian energy giant Gazprom informed Poland's state-run gas firm PGNiG said that it will "entirely suspend" gas supplies along the Yamal pipeline starting Wednesday morning, PGNiG said in a statement on Tuesday.
"On April 26, Gazprom informed PGNiG of its intention to entirely suspend deliveries under the Yamal contract at the beginning of the contract day on April 27," the statement read. The news sent US natural gas futures up about 3% Tuesday.Gazprom did not confirm that the supply of Russian gas to Poland had been stopped, Russian state news agency TASS reported Tuesday, citing the company's spokesperson Sergey Kupriyanov.
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