Veselin Toshkov

Associated Press

A Belarusian worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, some 130 km (81 miles) southwest of the capital Minsk, Belarus, Dec. 29, 2006. Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending their countries’ natural gas deliveries starting on Wednesday. The governments of the two European countries said Tuesday April 26, 2022, that Russian energy giant Gazprom informed them it was halting gas supplies.

European Nations Accuse Russia of Natural Gas 'Blackmail'

Europe is not without some leverage in the dispute.

In this aerial view emergency services attend the scene of devastation after a tanker train derailed and a gas tank exploded in the village of Hitrino, northeastern Bulgaria, early Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.

7 Killed in Tanker Explosion

Two tanker cars carrying propane-butane and propylene derailed at the station, hit nearby electric lines and exploded.