Gazprom cuts gas supply to the Netherlands

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The Russian gas giant

announced on Monday that as of Tuesday, May 31, it will cut off gas supplies to the Dutch company

after it refused to pay the Russian state company through

"Gazprom Export

informed GazTerra of the cessation of gas supplies from May 31, 2021 and until the payment is made in accordance with the mechanisms established by the decree" of Russian President

which

the Russian consortium reported on its Telegram account.

Gazprom recalled that the Dutch company refused to pay for gas supplies in rubles, in accordance with Putin's decree and

's proposed mechanism to counter Western sanctions over the Russian military campaign in

Previously, countries such as

and

refused to pay for gas in rubles, after which Moscow made good on its threat and cut off supplies to these countries.

According to Moscow,

foreign importers of Russian gas have already opened accounts in Gazprombank to pay for the scheme proposed by the

which provides for the conversion of foreign currency into rubles.

The Russian deputy prime minister,

defended that this measure seeks to "guarantee the entry of foreign currency, its conversion into rubles and the payment in rubles of the supplied gas."

According to the

more than

have already opened accounts in Gazprombank, in accordance with the Kremlin's demands, including the Italian energy company

the German

consortium and the French

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