“As of the end of the business day on May 31, Gazprom Export has not received payment for gas supplies in April from Ørsted Salg & Service in accordance with Russian Presidential Decree No. 172 dated March 31, 2022,” the Telegram message says.

Gazprom also completely stopped gas supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited due to non-payment in rubles.

On May 31, Gazprom completely stopped gas supplies to the Dutch company GasTerra due to non-payment in rubles.

Earlier, Russia stopped gas supplies to Finland.

The Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy noted that the reason was Helsinki's refusal to pay for gas in rubles.

On April 27, Gazprom announced a complete suspension of gas supplies to the Bulgarian Bulgargaz and the Polish PGNiG due to non-payment in rubles.