The Russian energy company Gazprom abruptly halted deliveries of natural gas to Austria on Saturday following a legal dispute over supply interruptions. The stoppage was confirmed to dpa by Austrian energy company OMV spokeswoman Sylvia Shin.

Russia's Gazprom has told Austria that it is suspending gas deliveries from Saturday, a gas flow monitoring platform reported on Friday, in a development that could signal the end of the last Russian gas supplies to Europe.

Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom halted supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV, after OMV