Germany agrees to bail out Uniper with a 15-billion-euro rescue deal, as it becomes the first major casualty of Russia’s natural gas squeeze.
Russian gas supplies to Europe have fallen since its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine earlier this year — and the subsequent sanctions placed on Moscow by the West.
Uniper has received only"a fraction of its contracted gas volumes" from Russian gas giant Gazprom since mid-June.This has had severe consequences for Uniper's financial position.with a 15-billion-euro rescue deal, as the embattled energy company becomes the first major casualty of Russia's natural gas squeeze.
earlier this month. As Germany's biggest importer of gas, it has been hit hard by vastly reduced flows via pipelines from Russia, which has sent prices soaring.
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