Russia halts gas supplies to Finland

Business 12:02 21 May, 2022

Russia has halted its gas supply to Finland

Russia halts gas supplies to Finland

Russia has halted its gas supply to Finland, it's the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the West, Qazet.az reports.

Russia's gas giant Gazprom had warned it would cut off the supply at 04:00 GMT on Saturday.

Finland later confirmed all the deliveries had stopped, but said there would be no disruption to customers.

Helsinki has been refusing to pay for its supplies in roubles. But the cut-off also follows an announcement that Finland will apply for Nato membership.

Despite its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Russia continues to supply gas to many European countries.