MOSCOW, April 30 — RIA Novosti. Russia cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to its refusal to pay in rubles, which is the «most severe response» to Western sanctions, says in an article by Lin Boqiang, Dean of China Energy Policy Research Institute, published in Huanqiu Shibao.
As the author mentioned, due to the refusal Poland and Bulgaria pay for gas in rubles Russia On April 27, he announced the suspension of deliveries to these two countries. According to him, this means that Moscow’s earlier requirement to pay for gas in rubles «has come into force and is today considered to be its» toughest response «to Western sanctions.