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How reliant is the world on Russia for oil and gas?

Russia says it is no longer supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria after the countries refused to pay for their supplies in roubles. The EU has said it considers the move to be a form of blackmail. How has Russia halted gas flows? Despite the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has continued to supply a large amount of gas to many European countries. However, after Western powers placed financial sanctions on Russia, President Putin announced that "unfriendly" countries would have to pay for gas in the Russian currency. The Russian-state-owned energy company Gazprom says it has cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and will not restart these until payments are made in roubles. Who's paying in roubles? EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned that complying with Russian demands would breach EU sanctions and would be "high risk" for companies that did so. Gas companies in some EU countries, including Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, have agree...