Portovaya compressor station of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Archival photoMOSCOW, 26 Jun. Senator Alexei Pushkov commented on the statements of the head of the Federal Network Agency of Germany, Klaus Muller, about the risk of rising gas prices in the country. As Mueller said earlier, German consumers may face a triple increase in gas prices in the coming months due to a reduction in Russian gas supplies to Europe.
The Russian ambassador commented on the issue of supplying turbines for Nord Stream «Germany stubbornly sought to reduce» dependence «on Russian gas. What the Germans have now received is the price of reduced supplies and relative independence. The price of complete independence, as German entrepreneurs and experts themselves say , — the destruction of the German economy,» Pushkov wrote in his Telegram channel. «Gazprom» on June 14 announced that it could use only three gas compressor units (GCUs) at the station, in particular, due to delays in the work of the German Siemens. The next day, the Russian company announced that it was stopping another Siemens gas turbine and from June 16 it would be able to supply no more than 67 million cubic meters per day to Nord Stream, against the planned 167 million. stream» (gas is supplied through it to Turkey and in transit through Turkish territory to the countries of Southern and South-Eastern Europe), since the pipeline is under scheduled annual maintenance. Western countries have increased sanctions pressure on Russia after the start of a special operation in Ukraine. Calls to abandon Russian energy sources have become louder. However, disruption of supply chains has led to problems in Europe and the US, primarily to higher food and fuel prices. The Kremlin called the sanctions an economic war, the likes of which have never been seen before.
