SATELLITE pics show Vladimir Putin is burning £8.4million of unused gas every day - while families face crippling energy bill hikes.
Massive orange flames are seen shooting into the sky at a natural gas plant after Russia shut the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe.
International gas prices rocketed after Russia invaded Ukraine, and spiked again after it shut off the undersea pipeline.
Households across Europe face potential blackouts and energy rationing, while today the UK price cap almost doubled.
Putin has been accused of putting a squeeze on Europe in revenge for its support for Ukraine and sanctions on the regime.
And now images from space show gas "flaring" on a massive scale at Gazprom's compressor plant at Portovaya north of St Petersburg.
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