Kremlin: Only Sanctions Prevent Nord Stream Gas Pipeline From Working

Kremlin: Only Sanctions Prevent Nord Stream Gas Pipeline From Working
View towards Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link in the industrial area of Lubmin, Germany, on Aug. 30, 2022. Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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MOSCOW—Nothing stands in the way of Russian gas exports to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline apart from technological problems caused by Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, a day before another planned maintenance shutdown.

Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced it will shut the pipeline for three days from Wednesday to undertake maintenance of a single pumping unit at the Portovaya compressor station.