Russian energy supplier RAO announced earlier this week that they will be cutting off energy deliveries to neighboring Finland after not being paid for previous deliveries.
Finland’s operators claimed however that Russia only had minor control over the nation’s energy, which can be easily replaced via alternative energy sources.
In the past, the Nordic country has taken precautionary steps to avoid conflict with their eastern neighbor, namely staying out of Nato. However, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Finland has completely changed their geopolitical planning, something that led Russia to threaten “retaliatory steps.”
The nation will officialy join the council on Sunday.
However, RAO Nordic’s company decision to pull out of Finland has no connection to the move to join NATO. The state-owned company stated in a press release: “This situation is exceptional and happened for the first time in over twenty years of our trading history.” Neither side gave any explanation regarding the overdue payments.
The demand for Russian energy however is decreasing as warmer weather means a significant boost in wind power for European nations. Finland plans to open a nuclear power station this summer season, which would make up for the last energy supply.
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