Finland Loses Main Gas Supply After Refusing Payment in Rubles
- Fuel accounts for just 5% of the nation’s energy mix
- Supplies continue to arrive via pipeline from Estonia
This article is for subscribers only.
Russia has cut Finland off from its natural gas supplies as relations between the two neighbors sour over the Nordic nation’s decision to join defense alliance NATO.
Finland is the third European country to lose gas from Russia after refusing to pay for the fuel in rubles. Flows on a main pipeline from the region’s top supplier were halted in the early hours of Saturday, according to a filing by Finnish importer Gasum Oy. Poland and Bulgaria had their taps turned off last month for the same reason.