Kremlin: Gas cutoff to live up to restrictions – Times of India

Kremlin On Monday, Western sanctions had caused a “complete uproar” in the maintenance of Russia’s natural gas distribution equipment, stressing that “there were no other reasons” Moscow had halted a major pipeline that connects Russia and Germany. Kremlin-controlled Russian energy giant Gazprom said last week that it would postpone the resumption of natural gas flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which terminates in Germany and across much of Europe. Provides gas. Gazprom gave no timeline for resuming gas flow, and Western officials said the postponement was a political title to punish Europe for its opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Remarks on Monday by President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov putinThe Kremlin had some of the sharpest in recent weeks, tying a reduction in gas delivery to Western sanctions. peskov suggested that limited deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline could still resume via a turbine that Russia said had been damaged, but that the system was in full operation as long as the West maintained sanctions. But won’t come back. Since July, the pipeline’s flow has been about 20% of its total capacity. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, Peskov told reporters on Monday, “The pumping problem arose because of sanctions imposed by our country and Western states against many companies.” “Given that the restrictions remain in place, given that they have brought complete commotion – legal and practical – to everything relating to the maintenance of all components and assemblies, for now we can only hope that this one entity It would be possible to fix it.”