Russia cut the natural gas supply to Italy and Germany on Friday following the European Commission's recommendation of Ukraine as a candidate for membership in the European Union.
The cutoffs will increase the pressure on the Biden administration to deliver on its goals of increasing alternative supplies to Europe.Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom told Italian supplier Eni on Friday that it would slash its delivery by 50%, just two days after it announced a 15% reduction.
The twin cuts come just one day after leaders from Italy and Germany, whose countries are the EU’s largest buyers of Russian gas, traveled to Ukraine on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and signal their support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia's invasion. The halt caught officials off guard, Italy said, noting that Gazprom had declined to provide a reason for its reduction.
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