WASHINGTON Dec 15 Russian export pipelines «Nord Stream» in the light of «changed circumstances», announced Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Williams.
The equipment was repaired at the Canadian plant of the German company Siemens Energy and was removed from restrictions in June at the request of the government Germany, which wanted to restore Russian gas supplies.
«Given that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin was forced to demonstrate that he never intended to restore the full operation of Nord Stream 1, and the pipeline itself was withdrawn from order, the Government of Canada has decided to lift a time-limited sanctions relief that allowed the return to Germany of turbines refurbished at the Siemens plant in Montreal,» the joint statement said. and ministers.
«Canada makes this decision recognizing that the circumstances under which the exemption was granted have changed and it no longer serves the stated purpose. This decision was made after close cooperation with Ukrainian, German and other European allies,» Joly and Williams added.
After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Russian gas exports to Europe via Nord Stream initially decreased significantly, and from three of the four strings of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were completely out of service after a month, having received damage of an unknown nature. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office initiated a case on an act of international terrorism.The EU is investigating the possible causes of the damage.