Poland's state-owned gas and oil company PGNiG says Gazprom will stop delivering gas to Poland as of tomorrow morning. Earlier, Polish media reported, based on anonymous sources, that gas deliveries from Russia have been stopped. According to PGNiG, Gazprom is in breach of contract and will take steps to restore gas deliveries.
Poland's climate minister, in response to reports in Polish media, already said in a tweet
https://twitter.com/moskwa_anna/stat...85178663817216 that Poland's gas storages are 76 percent full and that Poland need not fear a lack of gas. Currently, Poland gets about 60 percent of its gas from Russia. The contract with Gazprom for gas through the Yamal pipeline would be terminated at the end of this year anyway on Poland's initiative. In October, a pipeline is expected to be ready whereby Poland gets gas through Norway. Poland is also putting more effort into liquefied gas.
The halt to gas deliveries via the Yamal pipeline may have to do with Poland's refusal to pay for Russian gas directly or indirectly in rubles. A few weeks back, Russian President Putin decided by decree that countries buying Russian gas must open a ruble account at the bank of gas supplier Gazprom.
That bank will then convert deposits in euros or dollars into rubles. Recipients of gas are against that construction, because their contracts with Russia often include the option of paying in their own currency. Poland today reiterated its unwillingness to comply with the Russian demand.
Poland also put fifty Russian oligarchs and companies including Gazprom on a sanctions list today. That list comes on top of sanctions agreed upon in the EU context.