Moscow's suspension of gas for Austria, the main receiver of gas via Ukraine, means Russia will now only supply significant gas volumes to Hungary and Slovakia, in Hungary's case via a pipeline running mostly through Turkey. In contrast, Russia met 40% of the European Union's gas needs before Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's gas monopolist, Gazprom, recently stopped supplying natural gas to Austria via Ukraine – a route that had been in operation for decades. Why Moscow cut off one of its key European customers and what this means for gas transit through Ukraine,

Austria's biggest energy supplier is trying to recover damages awarded during arbitration from Gazprom by essentially stopping some payment for gas supplied via Ukraine.

The Russian energy company Gazprom abruptly halted deliveries of natural gas to Austria on Saturday following a legal dispute over supply interruptions. The stoppage was confirmed to dpa by Austrian energy company OMV spokeswoman Sylvia Shin.

Austria's chancellor says Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies early Saturday to Austrian utility OMV.

Russia halts gas supplies to Austria amidst a payment dispute, but maintains steady gas flow to Europe via Ukraine. The move follows arbitration in favor of Austria's OMV. Meanwhile, Europe seeks alternatives to reduce dependence on Russian gas,

Russia - before its invasion of Ukraine - was the biggest single supplier of natural gas to Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian gas exports through Ukraine to Europe - the main transit route for the gas to the EU - were stable on Monday, according to Kremlin-controlled energy company Gazprom, despite the company cutting off gas supplies to Austria's OMV.