Gazprom, a state-owned Russian gas supplier has not delivered gas to Germany through Poland since Saturday and has only been transporting half the amount of gas through Ukraine to Austria and southern Germany since Sunday.

       Professor Alan Riley, a gas expert has suggested that Russia has a hidden agenda and that this attack is a response to criticism aimed at Russia for their climate change policies and for not attending COP26.

       Professor Riley said: “This is Moscow's reaction to the Green Deal. The message… you will not be able to carry out the energy transition without Russian consent and only on Russian terms.

       "Because we know that Gazprom has some free production capacity, the record-breaking low gas exports can only be explained by a hidden Russian agenda."

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