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Hambeck (German Ministry of Finance): Putin is two-faced, playing games with natural gas

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Monday accused the Russian president of “duplicity” and playing a “game” after Moscow cut gas supplies to Berlin through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline citing a technical problem with a repaired turbine. located in German territory.

Earlier yesterday, Russian energy giant Gazprom announced that it had reduced gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from 40% to 20% of its capacity.

“There are no technical reasons for the reduction in deliveries,” Mr Habeck told the German Agency, adding that “the turbine is ready for delivery to Russia”.

He added that the documents for its export from Siemens Energy have been completed, but Moscow is refusing to provide the required documents for its import. Siemens has assured that it is ready to transfer the spare part to Russia as soon as it receives the required documents.

Russia is “violating its contractual obligations and blaming others” for this, Mr Habeck insisted. “Putin is playing a two-faced game. He is trying to weaken the great support for Ukraine and divide our society. To achieve this, he is creating uncertainty and driving up prices. We are facing this with unity and focused action. We are taking precautions to get him out. winter”.

Mr. Hambek explained that the construction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, the filling of storage tanks and the reduction of gas consumption are the key means for this.

Source: Capital

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