INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's energy giant Gazprom said Tuesday it would be reducing the daily gas deliveries via the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany due to
the "repair" of compressor units by German company Siemens."Gas supplies via the Nord Stream gas pipeline can currently be provided in the
amount of up to 100 million cubic meters per day," Gazprom said in a statement on Telegram, adding that the expected daily volume is 167
million cubic meters.With the delayed return of components from Siemens, only three gas-pumping units were currently operational at the
Siemens announced its exit from the Russian market after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on Feb
24.Moscow has lost several European gas clients after it demanded that all "unfriendly" countries pay for Russian natural gas in rubles in
response to a barrage of Western sanctions over Ukraine.Poland, Bulgaria, Finland and the Netherlands have had their natural gas deliveries
Germany via the Baltic Sea
natural gas embargo as several member states are heavily reliant on Moscow's energy supplies.