putin s regime. on the other hand, he also said this is a message directly to polish consumers, of course, don t worry, this decision will not affect you when you go to the stove and turn on the gas it will still fire and it will still be there for your cooking purposes and heating purposes. which is true, in a way, because it is fortuitous timing for countries like poland and bulgaria because we are in spring and we are coming up to summer and gas demand is low in countries like poland, at least, have had the foresight to actually inject a lot of gas into the underground storage already and it is three quarters full so that should see them through the immediate future. as the weeks go the immediate future. as the weeks 9° by the immediate future. as the weeks go by in the months go by until the end of the year there will be significant challenges for poland and bulgaria to meet the needs of
if things do continue in the way that you are outlining, adam, how long can poland and bulgaria manage without russian gas, do you think? well, the minister in charge of energy and poland estimates that poland can manage for a few months, perhaps three months. the problem for poland is that its main tool to replace russian gas is it is building this pipeline to norway which will allow it to bring norwegian gas direct to poland and completely replace all the volumes of russian gas it receives. now, thatis of russian gas it receives. now, that is great but this pipeline does not, nine and to the end of october and will be fully operational until the end of year and so the question of course is what happens until the end of the rest of europe are
this is bbc news. i m rebecca jones. the headlines: the high court rules that government policies on discharging patients from hospitals to care homes at the start of the pandemic were unlawful my my dad worked all of his life to the age of 75, paid national insurance and had a right to life and they had and had a right to life and they had a duty of care and he was failed. russian energy giant gazprom cuts gas supplies to poland and bulgaria for refusing to pay in roubles. five police officers face gross misconduct proceedings over the stop and search of team gb athlete bianca williams. a conservative mp has reportedly been caught watching pornography while sitting in the chamber.
wednesday, still breezy towards the south. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: the high court rules that government policies on discharging patients from hospitals to care homes at the start of the pandemic were unlawful . my dad worked all of his life to the age of 75, paid national insurance and had a right to life and they had a duty of care and he was failed. russian energy giant gazprom cuts gas supplies to poland and bulgaria because they re refusing to pay in roubles. government whips are investigating claims that a conservative mp watched pornography on his phone in the house of commons chamber. five police officers face gross misconduct proceedings over the stop and search of team gb athlete bianca williams.