The key pipeline runs from St Petersburg to Germany via the Baltic Sea.
Russia has delivered an energy ultimatum to Europe, saying that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume until the"collective West" lifts sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.sanctions for Russia's failure to deliver gas through the key pipeline that delivers gas from St Petersburg to Germany via the Baltic Sea.
"The problems pumping gas came about because of the sanctions Western countries introduced against our country and several companies," Peskov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency."There are no other reasons that could have caused this pumping problem." Global gas prices have been rising sharply since Russian state-owned oil firm Gazprom halted supplies to Western Europe on August 31.
Gazprom had initially said it would halt supplies due to"maintenance work," but only until Saturday. The company said it was due to a technical fault, which it blamed on challenges repairing German-made turbines in Canada. Germany and the EU has disputed the technical justification.Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov seen during the military parade at Red Square, on May 9, 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
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