The Russian energy company Gazprom today “temporarily” suspended the supply of gas through the gas pipeline that connects Russia with Europe, as previously announced.
Russia’s state-owned energy company announced in early August that it would cut off the flow of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance work that will last until next Saturday.
According to Gazprom, the only working turbine, which is located at the Portovaya station, needed maintenance.
The head of Germany’s Federal Energy Network, Klaus Mueller, said the maintenance work is “technically incomprehensible” and can only be understood as a “punitive” gesture against Berlin for its support given to Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
Gazprom has gradually reduced the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 citing technical issues such as “equipment repair”.
For Germany, these are deliberately provoked “political cuts” to drive up energy prices. Russia cut about a third of supplies to Germany.
The Berlin government said last week that the reduction shows the country cannot depend on Russian supplies and announced preparations for a “new type” of gas storage.
Russia has also reduced the flow of gas to other European countries that have shown support for Ukraine.
Source: Observadora
