Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Foreign Ministry was forced to summon the Canadian ambassador to our country due to a categorically rejected exception to the sanctions imposed on Russia after Ottawa decided to transfer a turbine to Germany to operate the Russian gas pipeline. , Nord Stream 1.

In his daily evening speech, Zelensky considered that “Canada’s decision will be perceived in Moscow only as a sign of weakness.” “No one has the slightest doubt that Russia will try not only to reduce gas supplies to Europe as much as possible, but also to completely cut off these supplies at the most critical moment,” he stressed.

The German government today confirmed that “the operation received by Russia of a turbine serviced in Canada for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline does not violate European economic sanctions against Russia.”

“We have taken note of Ukraine’s criticism of this turbine,” she said, pointing out that “EU sanctions do not affect gas transportation for good reasons, and that the decisive criterion for sanctions against Russia is that they do not harm the European Union.” and Germany more than Russia.

It is noteworthy that the Russian energy company Gazprom in mid-June reduced gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which runs along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and yesterday announced a stop for ten days. for maintenance, noting that “There are delays with the repair of gas pistons.”

Following this, the German company Siemens Energy announced that “one of the gas turbines in service in Canada cannot currently be returned from Montreal due to sanctions imposed against Russia, before Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced that the day before yesterday, on Saturday, that there will be a temporary and revocable permission to send the turbine to Germany.”