Gazpom cuts gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland

Gazprom has cut gas supplies to Bulgaria's Bulgargas and Poland's PGNiG, citing the companies' failure to pay for gas in rubles.

Report informs, citing the Russian company, that Gazprom export notified the Bulgarian and Polish companies about the suspension of gas supplies starting April 27 until the moment they pay as demanded by the Russian side.

Gazprom also said that Bulgaria and Poland are transit states. Therefore "in case of unauthorized withdrawal of Russian gas from transit volumes to third countries, supplies for transit will be reduced by this volume."