Pressure grows on EU to probe Gazprom gas supplies to Europe this winter

European natural gas prices have risen to record levels in recent weeks.

Ukraine filed a complaint about Gazprom, saying it deliberately cut shipments and prevented other companies from providing extra volumes.

Gazprom's restrictions on gas supply as European demand soars is “rare behaviour,” the EU competition chief said, as pressure grows on the commission to investigate the Russian energy giant.

Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, said she is “eagerly awaiting” the Russian state-owned gas supplier’s answers to EU questions about supply shortages.