Gazprom says it will keep supplies turned off until Poland and Bulgaria agree to Moscow’s demand to pay for the crucial fuel in rubles. Bloomberg News Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said it has halted gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria and will keep the supplies turned off until the two countries agree to Moscow’s demand to pay for the fuel in rubles. European gas prices surged more than 20% on the sudden escalation as Russia turns its vast energy resources into a weapon against Ukraine’s European allies. Moscow is making good on a threat to halt gas flows to countries that refuse President Vladimir Putin’s new demand to pay in rubles. The question now is which countries will be hit next, as the speaker of the Duma called on other “unfriendly” states to also be cut off. “We should do the same with other countries that are unfriendly to […]