Ukraine crisis: Now Russia is also turning off the gas for Finland

Created: 05/20/2022, 13:43

By: Thomas Schmidtutz

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After Poland and Bulgaria, Russia is now also stopping gas supplies to Finland.

Espoo - Russia stopped gas deliveries to Finland early on Saturday morning, according to the Finnish energy company Gasum.

The Finnish utility Gasum announced in Espoo that Gazprom Export informed about this on Friday afternoon.

The Finnish group had previously announced that it would not accept Gazprom Export's demands for payments to be made in rubles.

The two companies also disagree on other demands.

"It is deeply regrettable that the gas deliveries from our contract are now being stopped," said Gasum boss Mika Wiljanen, according to the announcement.

"However, we have carefully prepared for this situation and if there are no disruptions in the gas network, we will be able to supply all our customers with gas in the coming months." Gas from other sources will be made available to customers over the summer, it was said.

According to Gasum, it is currently the only energy company in Finland that purchases gas directly from Russia. 

Ukraine crisis: Step could be related to NATO plans

Against the background of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden submitted an application for NATO membership in Brussels on Wednesday.

Russia had already announced a reaction to this.

Last Friday, a Russian company that imports electricity to Finland announced a delivery freeze at short notice.

However, it is not clear whether there is a connection with the energy freeze.