Russia also cuts off natural gas supplies to Bulgaria
Created: 2022-04-26Updated: 2022-04-26, 10:55 p.m
First Poland, then Bulgaria: Russia stops delivering important raw materials.
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Russia is getting serious: On Tuesday evening, the Polish government announced that it would no longer receive Russian gas from Wednesday.
A little later, Bulgaria also announces this.
Sofia - Not only does Russia want to stop supplying natural gas to Poland, but also to Bulgaria, according to the government in Sofia, starting Wednesday.
The Energy Ministry confirmed on Tuesday evening that the Bulgarian natural gas utility Bulgargas had received a corresponding notification from Gazprom.
Shortly before, the government in Warsaw and the Polish natural gas company PGNiG had announced that from Wednesday there would be no more Russian gas deliveries to Poland.
Prepared for the end of Russian raw material supplies
From Wednesday morning, 8:00 a.m., the gas will no longer flow through the Yamal pipeline to Poland, said Climate Minister Anna Moskwa.
"We are prepared for a complete cessation of Russian supplies of raw materials."
Since the first days of the Ukraine war, your country has declared that it is ready for complete independence from Russian raw materials.
Usually no gas from Russia flows to Germany via the Yamal pipeline.
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The Ministry of Energy in Sofia announced on Tuesday evening that Bulgaria has also taken steps towards an alternative gas supply.
For the time being, there is no need to limit gas consumption, it said.
Energy Minister Aleksandar Nikolov wanted to comment on the freeze on deliveries of natural gas from Russia on Wednesday.
Bulgaria has "completely fulfilled" its commitments and made all payments "timely and strictly" required by the current contract, the Energy Ministry said in a statement.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov had previously announced that a Bulgarian government delegation would travel to Kyiv on Wednesday.
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