Gazprom Group announced the stop supply of gas to neighboring Latvia with the reason for the agreement.

Gazprom suspended supplying gas to Latvia due to violating the terms of purchase, Russian National Energy Group Gazprom posted notifications on today's Telegram messaging app, but did not indicate the specific cause.

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The move came one day after Latvia Latvijas Gaze Energy Company announced that he would pay Russian gas with Euro instead of Ruble as prescribed by Gazprom.

Latvia officials have not commented on information.

Part of the system above Latvia's underground gas storage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in March declared that non -friendly countries would have to pay for the purchase of gas from Russia by Ruble.

Russia has cut the supply of gas to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark after these countries refuse to pay gas with rubble.

Russia is providing 40% of European gas demand, in which Germany, Italy and many Central Europe depends heavily on this supply.

Statistics of German data firm Statista show that by 2020, 94% of Latvia's imported gas from Russia, while Estonia is 79% and Lithuania is 41%.

The supply from Russia decreased, causing European gas prices to increase by more than 20%, to more than 2,500 USD/1,000 m3 on July 27.

The Agreement to reduce the consumption of EU gas to help members share the energy burden, but there is a risk of internal opaque.

The EU considers the reduction of gas consumption as a big step in Russia's dependence, but also shows how vulnerable European Energy Security is.