<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The euro sunk below $0.99 on Monday, a 20-year-low, following the announcement last week that Russia would cut off gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The euro fell 0.70 percent to 0.9884 dollars Monday at 0535 GMT, its lowest since December 2002.</div><div><br></div><div>The European currency has continued to weaken against the dollar since the start of the year, hammered by economic turbulence and uncertainties sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian gas giant Gazprom said Friday the Nord Stream pipeline due to reopen at the weekend would remain shut indefinitely.</div><div><br></div><div>It said it had discovered "oil leaks" in a turbine during a planned three-day maintenance operation, and that the pipeline would remain closed until it was repaired.</div><div><br></div><div>Resumption of deliveries via the pipeline which runs from near Saint Petersburg to Germany under the Baltic Sea, had been due to resume on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the imposition of economic sanctions over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, Russia has reduced or halted supplies to different European nations, causing energy prices to soar.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin has blamed the reduction of supplies via Nord Stream on European sanctions which it says have blocked the return of a Siemens turbine that had been undergoing repairs in Canada. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>