Nord Stream 1, the main gas supply route to Europe, remains closed.
Energy blackmail: Russia requests EU to open Nord Stream 2 for gas supplies / Photo REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if the EU wants more gas, it should lift the sanctions that prevent the pipeline from opening.Nord Stream-2″.
Speaking to reporters after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan, Putin denied that Russia had anything to do with the energy crisis in Europe.
“The bottom line is that if you have a desire, if it’s that hard for you, just remove the sanctions on the Nord Stream 2, which is 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, just push the button and everything will work.” Putin said.
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Previously, Russian gas giant Gazprom warned that the only operating Trent 60 gas pumping unit at the Portovaya compressor station would be closed from August 31 to September 2 for alleged maintenance and preventive maintenance.
Nord Stream 2, which runs along the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost parallel to Nord Stream 1, was built a year ago. But Germany abandoned it just days before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24
