Peskov predicted the aggravation of the energy crisis in Europe

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, September 4 /PRIME/. Europe’s absurd refusal to service the equipment of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is not the fault of Gazprom, but the fault of the unfortunate politicians who made decisions on sanctions, who make their citizens die of strokes due to electricity bills, and after a cold snap, the situation will become even worse. worse, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

“If the Europeans absolutely absurdly make a decision according to which they refuse to service their equipment, or rather, equipment that belongs to Gazprom, but which they must service under the contract, this is not the fault of Gazprom, it is the fault of those politicians who took decision on sanctions. And it is these unfortunate politicians who are now forcing their citizens to die of strokes when they see electricity bills. And now, when it gets colder, the situation will become even worse, “Peskov said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin”, which was published in the Telegram channel of Vladimir Solovyov.

Nord Stream has been operating with restrictions since mid-June, and since the end of July, it has been operating at only 20% of its nearly 170 million cubic meters of capacity per day. The Russian side emphasized that the decrease in supplies was due solely to sanctions, which caused problems with the maintenance and repair of Siemens gas pumping units. Recently, only one turbine provided work.

On Friday, Gazprom reported that Nord Stream, which had previously been stopped for three days for scheduled maintenance, could not resume operation due to an oil leak at the only operating Trent 60 unit. A representative of the German Siemens Energy said that the company did not considers the conclusion of Gazprom as a technical reason for stopping the gas pipeline.

However, after the Russian company announced that Siemens is involved in the repair work of the unit, it detects malfunctions and is ready to fix them, but because of the sanctions, there is nowhere to do this.