EU Pledges Coordinated Response To Russian Gas “Blackmail”

The European Union is working to ensure alternative gas supply and pledges a coordinated response to Gazprom’s announcement it had stopped gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. Late on Tuesday, Poland and Bulgaria said they had been notified by Gazprom that Russian gas supply to the two countries would be cut off as of Wednesday. Gazprom says supply was stopped “due to absence of payments in rubles.” Commenting on the halt of Russian gas deliveries to certain EU…