Last Wednesday at eight o'clock in the morning, Russia did indeed cut off gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria for their refusal to pay for the gas exports in rubles.
Is there more to this? Poland has been one of the more vocal nations in the EU and among neighbouring countries against Russia over many years—not just recently.
You asked how this will affect Poles. Inflation is already climbing, but on the actual gas and energy issue, Poland has about a 75% gas reserve status. That is above the 30% to 33% average in the EU for domestic gas reserves, so they are well prepared. They have also opened up a pipeline coming in from Lithuania. There's a Baltic pipeline that's starting up in the fall. There are lots of other methods for getting energy into Poland. Poland had the intention of cutting off imports from Russia this year in any event, so they have been working towards this.
There's no doubt there will be an impact on people's costs of living and on other issues. Business is working with government and there is a good dialogue on both sides.