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Poland ramps up reverse gas supplies from Germany
Russia’s Gazprom closed taps after Warsaw refused to pay for deliveries in rubles
Underground gas storage belonging to PGNiG company in Kosakowo, Poland, September 13, 2014. © Getty Images / NurPhoto
Poland on Wednesday significantly raised its bid for reverse gas supplies from Germany after Russia halted deliveries due to Warsaw’s refusal to pay for the commodity in rubles, data from the German operator of the gas transmission network Gascade shows.
According to the company, the bid for April 27 was 1.232 million cubic meters per hour, while the day before it was just 237,000 cubic meters.
The fivefold increase in gas demand comes after Russia’s state energy giant and major gas exporter Gazprom announced a complete halt of gas exports to Poland due to Warsaw’s failure to pay for the fuel in rubles in accordance with the new payment mechanism, launched earlier this month.
Ndiyo yaliyotolea kwa Poland. Poland alikuwa anapata gesi toka urusi kwa mkataba na urusi. Lakini pia alikuwa anapata gesi ya urusi kupitia mkataba wa Ujerumani na urusi. Yaani ujerumani anaagiza kwa matumizi yake na kwa matumizi ya Poland ambao anawawekea chajuu. Baada ya Poland kugoma kulipia kwa ruble, urusi bila kupepesa macho imemkatia gesi. Siku moja tu imetosha kuleta taharuki na ameiomba Ujerumani iongeze kiasi cha gesi atakachoohitaji toka nujerumani. Gasi ni ile ile ya Urusi lakini ataipata kwa bewi ya juu zaidi kupitia kwa ujerumani. Ujerumani na Austria, Hungary, slovania nk zenyewe zimekubali kulipa kwa ruble!! Hapo ndio watu wanaishangaa Poland!! Imetwanga maji kwenye kinu na bado dola zake zitabadilishwa na Ujerumani ziwe ruble ili kuiwezesha ujerumani kununua hiyo gesi. Kwa poland inaona sawa dola zake zipelekwe gazprombank na Ujerumani ili zibadilishwe kuwa ruble kuliko Poland ipeleke yenyewe dola zake gazprombank ili zibadilishwe kuwa ruble ili zinunulie gesi!! Kwa kweli akili ni nywele kila mtu ana zake!!
Austria will pay in rubles for Russian gas – official
The country has accepted new payment terms and opened a ruble account, Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced
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Austria has accepted the new ruble gas payment mechanism, introduced by Russia earlier this month, and will abide by it, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Wednesday.
“We, that is, [state energy company] OMV, accepted the terms of payment, as did the German government. They [the terms] were found to be in line with the terms of the sanctions. For us, this was important,” Nehammer said at a press conference.
