I keep saying: they should just cut everyone’s gas.
RT:
Denmark has become the fifth country to be cut off from Russian natural gas following the refusal of its biggest power wholesaler, Orsted, to pay for deliveries in rubles. Supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited in Germany have also been halted for the same reason, Russian energy giant Gazprom announced on Wednesday.
“As of the end of the business day on May 31, Gazprom Export had not received payment for gas supplies in April from Orsted Salg & Service,” the Russian company explained in a statement.
It added that in 2021, Gazprom Export supplied the Danish company with 1.97 bcm of gas, which amounted to about two thirds of total gas consumption in Denmark.
“The contract between Gazprom Export and Shell Energy Europe Limited for the supply of gas to Germany provides for a volume of up to 1.2 bcm of gas per year,” Gazprom said.
Shell accounts for just 2.6% of the 95 bcm of natural gas Germany consumes each year.
“Shell continues to work on a phased withdrawal from Russian hydrocarbons,” the company told the BBC.
The only reason Denmark or any of the other countries would refuse to pay in rubles is that they think Russia is going to lose before winter. There’s no other explanation. Europe literally does not have winter heat without Russia, and their projection is they won’t have it until 2027.