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She said Gazprom In a statement, it informed the company "bulgar gas" Bulgarian and Polish Oil and Gas Mining Company B"Suspension of gas supplies from April 27 until payments are completed" In rubles, after the Russian President said Vladimir Putin Last month, his country would only accept payment for shipments in its national currency.
Russia had demanded that the countries "Not friendly" Pay in Russian currency for gas, or risk supply disruptions.
But Poland has confirmed that it will not pay in rubles for Russian gas.
Warsaw was working on independence from Russian energy resources, and it was planned to end its dependence on Russian gas this year.
Subsequently, the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy said that "Gazprom" The state-owned gas company in Sofia has notified that it will stop gas supplies from Wednesday.
The ministry said it had taken steps to find alternative arrangements for natural gas supplies, adding that the new payment program it had proposed "Gazprom" constitutes a breach of the present contract.
She "There is no need at present to impose restrictions on gas consumption"in the Balkan country that meets more than 90 percent of its gas needs with imports from "Gazprom".
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She said Gazprom In a statement, it informed the Bulgarian “Bolgar Gas” and the Polish company for oil and gas mining to “stop gas supplies from April 27 until the completion of payments” in rubles, after the Russian President said Vladimir Putin Last month, his country would only accept payment for shipments in its national currency.
Russia had demanded that “unfriendly” countries pay the Russian currency for gas, or risk supply disruptions.
But Poland has confirmed that it will not pay in rubles for Russian gas.
Warsaw was working on independence from Russian energy resources, and it was planned to end its dependence on Russian gas this year.
Later, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry said that “Gazprom” had notified the state-owned gas company in Sofia that it would stop gas supplies from Wednesday.
The ministry said it has taken steps to find alternative arrangements for natural gas supplies, adding that the new payment program proposed by “Gazprom” constitutes a breach of the existing contract.
She said that “there is no need at the present time to impose restrictions on gas consumption”, in the Balkan country, which meets more than 90 percent of its gas needs with imports from “Gazprom”.