To make things worse, Russian natural gas supplies to Bulgaria, pumped via Ukraine, were cut off on January 6th amid a deepening gas payments dispute between Moscow and Kiev in the midst of one of the coldest winters in years.
Da bi sve bilo još gore, dobavljačima ruskog prirodnog plina za Bugarsku, koji se pumpa preko Ukrajine, 6. je siječnja prekinuta isporuka zbog spora Moskve i Kijeva usred jedne od najhladnijih zima proteklih godina.