Russian giant Gazprom announced on Saturday that it has halted gas supplies to Latvia amid tensions between Russians and Westerners over the war in Ukraine and European sanctions against Russia. “Today, Gazprom suspended the supply of gas to Latvia (…) due to the violation of the conditions” for gas purchase, the Russian company said in a statement published on Telegram.
Gazprom this week cut its gas supply to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline, citing maintenance work on a turbine.
The Russian giant had already twice reduced the volume of its deliveries in June, citing the lack of a turbine repaired in Canada that was not returned due to sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine launched on February 24. .
Germany and Canada agreed to return the turbine to Russia, but it has not yet been shipped. Westerners accuse Russia of using the gas cuts in retaliation for the sanctions passed against Russia.
However, the Kremlin assures that the sanctions are the cause of the technical problems of the gas infrastructure and that Europeans are suffering the consequences of the measures imposed on Russia.
Russian gas exports to Europe have continued to decline since the sanctions began. Gazprom has also halted its gas supplies to a number of European customers who refused to pay in rubles.
Source: La Verdad
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