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Russia shuts off gas to Europe: Supply will start when the West lifts sanctions

2022-09-05 20:26:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Russia shuts off gas to Europe: Supply will start when the West lifts sanctions
Vladimir Putin

Russia's gas supply to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not fully resume until "the entire West" lifts sanctions against Moscow imposed after it invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin has said.

Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, blamed EU, UK and Canadian sanctions for Russia's failure to deliver gas through the main pipeline, which sends gas to Germany from St Petersburg via the Baltic Sea.

"Problems with the delivery of gas came because of the sanctions that Western countries imposed against our country and some companies," Peskov said, according to the Interfax news agency. "There are no other reasons that could have caused this gas delivery problem."

Peskov's comments were the harshest yet from the Kremlin, which is demanding that the EU lift its sanctions in return for the resumption of Russian gas deliveries to the continent.

Gazprom, Russia's state gas monopoly, said on Friday it would halt gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 due to a technical fault it blamed on difficulties in repairing the German-made turbines being carried out in Canada.

The EU has already lifted some sanctions against Russia explicitly to allow the repair of the turbines. European leaders have said there is nothing stopping Gazprom from supplying the continent with gas and have accused Russia of using its energy exports as a weapon.

Russia continues to supply gas to Europe through Soviet-era pipelines through Ukraine that have remained open despite the occupation, as well as the South Stream pipeline through Turkey.

But Peskov said Russia could not fully resume supplies through Nord Stream 1 until the West lifted sanctions. He accused Western countries of causing "problems" by denying Gazprom's legal guarantees that turbines sent for repair would be returned to the country.

But Russian officials have not tried hard to hide in recent weeks the hope that the growing energy crisis in Europe will undermine the bloc's support for Ukraine. "Of course, life is getting worse for people, entrepreneurs and companies in Europe," Peskov said. "Of course, ordinary people in these countries will have more and more questions about their leaders."

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was even more blunt on Sunday after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a 65 billion euro aid package to soften the blow of rising energy bills.

Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said Germany was "acting as Russia's enemy" by supporting sanctions against Moscow and supplying Ukraine with weapons. "They have declared a hybrid war against Russia," Medvedev wrote on Telegram.


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