A run of mild weather helped countries cut their reliance on Russian natural gas in April, with sales falling to the lowest in three months. Gazprom, the state-owned energy giant, exported an average of 387m cubic metres of gas a day over the month to countries outside the former Soviet Union, down 22pc from March.…
Vladimir Putin has threatened to cut off gas supplies to western Europe on Friday unless buyers “open rouble accounts in Russian banks” as he scrambles to prop up his country’s collapsing economy. The Russian leader vowed to suspend gas flowing into the likes of France and Germany if they refuse to comply with a decree intended to bolster…
Councils are gearing up for legal action as they bid to break free from contracts with Gazprom, the energy giant controlled by the Kremlin. Local authorities are bracing for damages claims after they were urged to cut ties with the gas giant over fears they are indirectly bankrolling Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Michael Gove,…
Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops across the border and into Ukraine, launching a full-scale invasion. Announcing a ‘military operation’ in the Donbas region in the early hours of Thursday 24 February – the Russian President has effectively declared war on Ukraine. The US President, Joe Biden, has said the “prayers of the world” are with…
