Canadian authorities decided to hand over the confiscated Russian gas equipment, and Ukraine became “angry”

Sources told the Ukrainian newspaper Evrapiska Pravda that Canada plans to return the Siemens turbines that it seized under the pretext of sanctions against Russia, and the seizure affected gas supplies from Russia to Europe, primarily to Germany. Nord Stream 1 explained that they “plan to return it at the request of German Economy Minister Robert Habek.”

Canada justifies its decision to return the turbines by saying that this step will allow Russia to return gas supplies to the European Union. But Ukraine was outraged by Canada’s actions and considered it a violation of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow. The Russian company Gazprom has significantly reduced the supply of gas to Europe via Nord Stream 1 (a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea) for technical reasons, due to the impossibility of returning the Siemens turbine from Canada after maintenance. The German company Siemens has previously stated that it cannot obtain turbines from Canada due to Western sanctions imposed on Russia.