Russia wants to pay for the supplied gas in rubles. European countries refuse to pay in foreign currency under sanctions.
The pumping of Russian gas through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline at the Malnov compressor station in Germany fell to zero on the afternoon of March 29, Reuters reported, citing data from the German gas transmission operator Gascade. Deliveries on the other two routes remained broadly stable.
At 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time, the flow from Poland to Germany (the pipeline has been operating in reverse mode since March 15) at Malnow was 1,451,155 kilowatt-hours, but has since dropped to zero.
Volumes of Russian gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream-1 pipeline remain stable at 73,389,870 kilowatt-hours.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has booked part of its capacity for the transit of gas in the western direction via the Yamal-Europe pipeline for March 29-30. However, Gazprom does not always use the reserved capacity.
