Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has stopped fuel exports to Poland and Bulgaria, marking a rise in tensions with the European Union over Russia's war against Ukraine.
The logo of Russia's energy giant Gazprom is pictured at a gas station in Moscow.
The Kremlin defended the switch as"necessary" given what it called"unprecedented unfriendly steps" — including a decision to freeze the Russian central bank's foreign currency reserves. "The headline for me in this whole thing is that we're transferring this concept, the fog of war, into energy markets," he says. With Gazprom,"everything in the past was about predictability, and now everything is becoming unpredictable."He adds that Russia may be retaliating against Poland because its government has been so outspoken about Russia's war against Ukraine. Poland is one of the loudest critics of EU dependence on Russian fuel imports.
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