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Russia has scrapped a Saturday deadline to resume flows via a major gas supply route to Germany, deepening Europe’s difficulties in securing winter fuel, after saying it had found faults in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline during maintenance.

Wholesale gas prices have rocketed 400% since August 2021, hurting European industry and households as demand recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and because of the Ukraine crisis.Wholesale gas prices have rocketed 400% since August 2021, hurting European industry and households as demand recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and because of the Ukraine crisis.

It also said the Portovaya compressor station, where the leak was discovered, has other turbines for Nord Stream to keep operating.It is a routine procedure within the scope of maintenance work,” the company said. Russia has denied previous allegations of using gas as an economic weapon or manipulating the gas market.

“There will simply be no Russian gas in Europe,” he wrote on the Telegram app in response to Von der Leyen. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested earlier on Friday there could be more disruptions to deliveries via Nord Stream 1.

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Russia knows how to defend itself! It seems they need Russia more than it needs them they must go and cry for help to their West allies 😂😂😂

lol repair work will resume after the winter months.....the barends sea during winter is tough on the human body

Let them wait until after winter, the leak will be fixed.

😂 We all know what that means right?

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