“Today Gazprom has suspended gas supplies to Latvia under the July order due to a violation of… terms,” the company said in a Telegram post, without elaborating. Gazprom had already halted or reduced deliveries to 12 EU countries in retaliation for Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The Russian gas giant halted all deliveries to Poland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark after energy companies in those countries refused to bow to Kremlin demands to pay for deliveries in rubles. And fears are growing in Europe that Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off natural gas altogether. EU energy ministers this week reached an agreement on mandatory bloc-wide gas rationing in the event of winter supply shortages. “We are countering Putin’s attempt to upset us with European solidarity and unity – that is of huge importance,” German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said of the gas rationing deal. He called the deal “a strong message to Putin’s Russia: Europe will not be divided or blackmailed.” Latvian energy company Latvijas Gaze announced on Friday that it is importing natural gas from Russia from an alternative supplier, other than Gazprom, and paying for it in euros, rather than rubles, as Moscow demands.