"Russia is burning the excess gas that it does not export to European countries". The news is reported by "El Mundo", citing the Finnish television Yle, according to which satellite images from the NASA fire monitoring system show flames at the Portovaya compression station, owned by Gazprom.
The NASA service shows undeclared fires near the Portovaya station since mid-June, that is, from the moment when - Spanish media recall - Nord Stream 1 deliveries were limited.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September and has no plans to participate via video link either.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the news to the Russian news agency Tass. "No. The trip and the speech are not planned", he clarified. The Russian delegation to the UN General Assembly will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.