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    Europe gas supplies: Russia shuts major pipeline for maintenance



    Russia has shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for three days for planned maintenance.
    It is the main link delivering gas from Russia to Germany and the rest of Western Europe.
    In recent months, Russia has significantly reduced the volume of gas transported via the pipeline.
    Al Jazeera’s @Dominic Kane reports from Rudersdorf, Germany.

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    21 Comments

    1. Thomas Sissay on

      WHEN EUROPE BANS KEY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS EXPORT TO RUSSIA RUSSIA CAN DO THE SAME BUT WOULD BE GOOD IF BOTH SIDES CAN SIT AND TALK THEIR DIFFERENCES AWAY FROM USA INTERFERENCE

    5. K S on

      Germany is switching their whole energy infastructure in a very high pace. Sometimes shock is the best motivation for change

    7. Osama Ali Reactions on

      Now Europe will pay the price for standing by Usa. Usa will face no issues because of gas but Europe will suffer badly because of this. Now Europe will understand how it feels when you interfere in someone war. Pay the price now

    12. Christian Vachon on

      Bad report with bad research. The situation with Nordstream 1 is that Canada withheld not just 1 turbine but also 5 more turbines under its sanctions policy and pressure from Zelensky. Scholz arrived in Canada to find this out. So, he BEGGED Trudeau for the missing turbines which he agreed to and received a scathing statement from Zelensky.

      As a result of this, Nordstream is down to 1 compressor out of 5 working so the pipelines cannot be pressurized for volume and flow. The Russian can do nothing since the Siemens Energy turbines are proprietary (actually they were made by Rolls-Royce which is why they are maintained in Canada), and the whole compressors are built around them, so they can't be replaced with Russian tech.

      The venting/burning of gas is due to this. Excess gas cannot be suspended in mid air as it builds pressure and could blow up the entire compressor station, so they are burning it not from choice but necessity. Russia already had to redirect to local markets gas from the Nordstream 2, but there is nowhere to redirect gas from NS1.

      THAT is the real situation. Scholz lied, the EU was lying, Trudeau was lying, Zelensky and Freeman are behind the disaster and the EU population suffers.

      I am literally sick of the EU lies and gaslighting of the population which has ZERO reason for doing this unless they have a sinister plan and they are blaming Russia for everything whether real or not.

    14. Ludendorff on

      When Trump warned the Germans about their reliance on Russian gas, the German representatives at the UN laughed at him. Who's laughing now?

    19. S Hussein on

      Russia knows the Fiat Currencies of the Euro, Dollar and Pound are living on borrowed time. Putin wants to be paid in real money, the Ruble which is Gold backed.

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