INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian gas giant Gazprom said Wednesday it was cutting daily gas deliveries via the Nord Stream pipeline by a further 33%, after Germany
slammed an earlier cut as political."From 01:30 a.m
Moscow time on June 16 the daily output of the Portovaya compression station will be up to 67 million cubic metrers per day," Gazprom said
engine."On Tuesday, Gazprom announced it would be cutting deliveries via the pipeline by around 40% to 100 million cubic meters due to
"repair" work on compressor units by German company Siemens.Germany Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the move was a "political decision
and not a technically justifiable solution."Habeck said Germany was aware of the need to service the pipeline, but the first relevant works
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 suspended over refusing to pay in
1 and June 15 compared to the same period last year.The Nord Stream pipeline was commissioned in 2012 and delivers gas from northwestern
Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea
a natural gas embargo as several member states are heavily reliant on Moscow's energy supplies.
