Gazprom has completely halted gas supplies to Denmark's Orsted Salg & Service and Shell Energy Europe Limited in Germany due to non-payment in rubles, the Russian company said in Telegram.

"As of the end of the working day on 31 May, Gazprom Export had not received payment for gas supplies in April in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 172 of 31 March 2022," the reports said.

Gazprom Export delivered 1.97 billion cubic meters of gas to Orsted in 2021, which was about 2/3 of total gas consumption in Denmark. The contract with Shell Energy Europe to supply gas to Germany provides for up to 1.2 billion cubic meters per year.