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Moscow, SANA- Gazprom has confirmed complete suspension of gas supplies to Netherlands’ GasTerra B.V. due to failure to pay in rubles, the Russian gas holding was quoted by TASS as saying in a statement on Tuesday.
“As of the end of the working day on May 30, Gazprom Export did not yet receive a payment from GasTerra B.V. for the gas supplied in April, which was to be made in compliance with the Russian President’s Decree No. 172 dated March 31, 2022,” the statement added.
Payments for gas supplied since April 1 must be made in rubles via new account details, of which the counterparties were duly informed, Gazprom added.
On Monday, Gazprom Export said it would suspend contracted supplies of Russian gas to its main partner in the Netherlands, the gas trader GasTerra, on May 31 due to the fact that the company failed to pay for gas supplied in April and refused to pay in rubles.
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