Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Europeans are expected to experience a harsh winter amid cuts in oil and gas exports by Russia in the wake of Western sanctions against Moscow over its military operation in the former Soviet country. Zelensky made the comment late on Saturday after Moscow shut down …
Read More »Europe braces for more cuts in Russian oil and gas exports
Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns over a plunge in gas supplies. CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil and whose largest shareholder …
Read More »No gas supply for entities under Russian sanctions, says Kremlin
Foreign energy companies subject to Moscow’s retaliatory sanctions will no longer be able to receive gas supplies from Russia, a top official has said.
Read More »Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand for payment in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against international sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The step was denounced by European leaders as “blackmail”, and comes as …
Read More »Russia continues to pump gas to Europe via Ukraine
The ongoing conflict has not interrupted energy supplies Russia continues to supply natural gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory without interruptions, the spokesman for Russian energy major Gazprom, Sergey Kupriyanov, told the media on Monday. “Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory in accordance with requests of European …
Read More »Gazprom threatens to halt gas supply to Moldova within 48 hours
Russian energy giant Gazprom will withdraw gas transit to Moldova in the next 48 hours after Chisinau failed to settle its outstanding debt for supplies already delivered, a spokesman for the company announced on Monday. At the end of last month, the Saint Petersburg-based company and Moldavgaz agreed a new …
Read More »Russia using gas to bully Moldova says EU
The European Union’s top diplomat said on Thursday that Moscow was using natural gas to bully Moldova, as the prime minister of the ex-Soviet republic said the country could not afford the prices Russia was now offering. Moldova’s gas contract with Russia’s Gazprom expired at the end of September. Moldova’s …
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