Finland's state-owned gas company announced on the 21st that the supply of natural gas from Russia has been cut off.
Finland has applied for accession to NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and it is believed that Russia may take retaliation measures.
Gasum, the state-owned gas company in Finland, announced on the 21st that the supply of natural gas from Russia has been cut off.
In addition, Gasgrit, a company that operates a gas sending system, also said that it stopped supplying gas from a point in Imatra, a town on the border with Russia, and switched to importing through a pipeline connecting Estonia. Announced.
Russia's largest government-affiliated gas company, Gazprom, said in a statement released yesterday that the Finnish side did not pay for the supply last month in the Russian currency ruble.
In Finland, natural gas accounts for 6% of the country's energy consumption, much of which depends on supply from Russia.
In Finland, the supply of electricity from Russia has also stopped since 14th last week, and it is thought that there is a possibility of retaliation by Russia, which strongly opposes Finland's application for NATO.