German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said that “the energy situation in Germany remains ‘serious and tense’ against the backdrop of reduced gas supplies from Russia.” Khabek, who is the economy minister in his country, compared what is happening to “arm wrestling” between Berlin and Moscow, adding: “It’s like a forearm, in the past Russia had a longer arm in the beginning, but this does not mean that we cannot get a stronger hand by our efforts.”
In a TV interview, he indicated that “the gas cylinders are currently 57 percent full, and the required percentage is 90 percent”, suggesting that “specific goals with the onset of winter through the purchase of gas and “rationing” be achieved.
On June 14, Gazprom announced that it could only use three pumping units at the Portovaya station due to the refusal of the German company Siemens to return the equipment after repairs on time. The next day, the Russian company announced that it was stopping the operation of another gas turbine from Siemens at the same station, and as of June 16, it would be able to supply no more than 67 million cubic meters of gas per day to the station. Nord Stream of 167 million m. cube
Source: El Iktisad
