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A scholar tells Washington and Brussels thatRussiawill have a complete and permanent ban on energy exports. It urged the pact, warning: "TheKremlinwill never return to business as usual." Russia's state-owned energy company Gazpromtoday announced that Nord Stream 1 will be shut down for three days at the end of this month, undergoing so-called "scheduled maintenance."
In a statement posted online, Gazprom said the only turbine in operation at a critical compressor station along a pipeline linking western Russia and Germany had eight It said it would be closed from March 31 to September 2.
Referring to German partner Siemens Energy, the company said:
Gazprom said that once the work is completed, gas flow through Nord Stream 1 will resume at its previous level of 33 million cubic meters, just 20% of the pipeline's nominal capacity. rice field.
The flow of natural gas through Nord Stream 1 is Very controversial. The shutdown comes one month after Gazprom restored its natural gas supply via pipeline to one-fifth of its capacity after an earlier maintenance shutdown.
Russia blames pipeline cuts on technical problems, while Germany intends to sow uncertainty and push up prices in the conflict in Ukraine.
The newly announced maintenance shutdown will see Russia completely cut off the gas used to supply industry, generate electricity and heat homes. , has raised further concerns that it may seek to gain political influence over Europe. winter level.
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Russia cut or cut off natural gas flows to a dozen European Union countries, causing natural gas prices to skyrocket and inflation. accelerated into a recession that raised the risk of a plunge in Europe.
One of his Nord Stream 1 turbines is currently stranded in Germany after undergoing maintenance in Canada.
Germany says it could be transported at any time, but Moscow continues to say the equipment could not be returned to Russia due to sanctions imposed by Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Siemens, which maintains the Nordstream 1 turbine, declined to comment.
Earlier, senior German politicians in the ruling party rejected proposals that allowing the shutdown Nord Stream 2 pipeline to operate could alleviate the gas shortage. This is what the Kremlin proposed as a solution.
Kevin Kühnert, second bureaucrat of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party, said:
On the t-online website, he added:
Dr. Benjamin Schmidt, a physicist at Harvard University, agreed, tweeting:
"US and EU must issue joint sanctions to permanently suspend Russian energy export pipelines such as #NordStream1, #NordStream2 and #TurkStream2.
"In Putin's Kremlin, we cannot go back to the energy business as usual." 220}
Dr. Schmidt added:
"If the Kremlin really wants to gas, the next actions the Kremlin can take are two (& it's not)." Use the NordStream2 turbine.
``If capacity exists, please reroute gas.''
