european countries poland and bulgaria which moscow describes as unfriendly states. both of them are nato countries and get most of their gas from russia, but they ve refused the kremlin s demand that they pay for their energy in russian roubles. the government in kyiv says president putin is trying to break the unity of its allies by using economic blackmail. our moscow correspondent, jenny hill, reports. russia s turned off the taps and state tv is enjoying the moment. gazprom announced this morning it would cut supplies to poland and bulgaria. both countries have refused to pay in roubles. not that the polish prime minister was concerned.
and in other parts of the eu have so far been leaning towards, you know, saying that, no, we will not do this and this is unacceptable. but, yeah, it will come up, it s crunch time. and this is putin s way of shooting across the bow. neither sanctions, threats, not appeals have stopped vladimir putin and his war. the gulf between the russian president and the west grows ever wider. the european union has described russia s decision to cut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria as blackmail . this is what the european commission president ursula von der leyen had to say a short while ago about the issue and russia s demand that countries pay in roubles for their gas. our guidance he was very clear. to pay in roubles, if this is not foreseen in the contract, paying in roubles is a breach of our
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seeking gas and seeking gas that is not russian. and there are challenges and it is unclear at this stage how long countries like poland and especially bulgaria which rely so heavily on russian gas can last without russian gas supplies. that was adam easton without russian gas supplies. that was adam easton in without russian gas supplies. that was adam easton in warsaw. that was adam easton in warsaw. we can cross live to brussels and our correspondent there jessica parker: interesting adam outlining the polish response also interesting i thought what the european commission president had to say describing russia s decision to cut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria as blackmail. very strong words but how concerned is the european union? t concerned is the european union? i think the european union is concerned and has been concern for quite some time. conversations about getting of russian energy supplies and trying to be more energy independent for europe predates,
european countries poland and bulgaria which moscow describes as unfriendly states. both of them are nato countries and get much of their gas from russia, but they ve refused the kremlin s demand that they pay for their energy in russian roubles. the government in kyiv says president putin is trying to break the unity of its allies by using economic blackmail. from moscow, our correspondent, jenny hill, sent this report. russia s turned off the taps and state tv is enjoying the moment. gazprom announced this morning it would cut supplies to poland and bulgaria. both countries have refused to pay in roubles. not that the polish prime minister was concerned. his country, he said, was ready to cut itself off from russian energy. translation: our gas storages are 7696 full. | this is a high level. much higher than in most