Schulz accuses Russia of blocking Nord Stream turbine delivery

Germany – AFP
On Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused Russia of being responsible for blocking the delivery of a turbine currently in Germany, without which the Nord Stream gas pipeline cannot operate normally, Moscow says.
While Russia reduced the volume of gas shipments, stressing the necessity of receiving the turbine, Schultz said: “There is no reason not to deliver,” explaining that all Russia has to do is “provide the customs information necessary to transfer it to Russia,” during his visit to the Siemens factory in Mulheim that roar; Where is the turbine.
Scholz saw that Moscow is thus sending a “complex message” to the entire world, by questioning its willingness to “fulfill its obligations” in the future.
Russia has reduced Nord Stream deliveries in the past two months, claiming that it has not received a turbine sent for maintenance in Canada. Germany and Canada have agreed to return the equipment to Russia, but the turbine has not yet reached its final destination. Berlin has always considered this a pretext and a political decision to influence the West once morest the backdrop of the Ukraine war.
The Nord Stream pipeline, with a capacity of 167 million cubic meters per day, connects Russia with Germany via the Baltic Sea.
Cutting off Russian supplies, or drastically reducing them, negatively affects the European economy.
Although Germany is the largest economic power on the continent, but it is the most vulnerable to the negative impact, due to its heavy dependence on gas imports from Russia.
The West accuses Moscow of using gas as a political weapon, in response to sanctions imposed following the Ukraine war.
The Kremlin, for its part, says that sanctions are the root of technical problems in the gas infrastructure, and therefore Europe is suffering from the measures it imposes on Russia.