Posted on 07/18/2022 7:21:47 PM PDT by elpadre
MOSCOW. July 18 (Interfax) - Ukrainians will never accept Canada's decision to return a turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"I talked today with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. We discussed our cooperation, and I thanked him, thanked Canada for support. But I also pointed out that the Ukrainians would never accept Canada's decision regarding a turbine for Nord Stream, which it decided to transfer to Germany essentially in violation of the sanction regime," Ukrainian media quoted Zelensky as saying in a video address on Sunday evening.
Gazprom has officially addressed Siemens to provide documents to allow the return to Russia of a gas turbine engine for the Portovaya compressor station, which serves as the starting compressor station in the Nord Stream pipeline system.
"On July 15, Gazprom formally approached Siemens with a request to provide documents that, taking into account the current sanction regimes imposed by Canada and the European Union, would be necessary for transferring back to Russia the gas turbine engine for the Portovaya CS, which is a facility of critical importance to the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The Company also formally requested the Siemens Group to fulfill its obligations on repair and maintenance of gas turbine engines," Gazprom said in a statement on its website.
Nord Stream is now operating at 40% capacity, as one of the pipeline's turbines has not returned from an overhaul at a Montreal plant owing to Canadian sanctions. At the Portovaya compressor station, the time between overhauls before major maintenance and repairs of other engines has ended.
Earlier reports said the Canadian government allowed turbines for the Portovaya compressor station to be moved from its territory and that the plant in Canada would continue to repair turbines from Portovaya in the future.
Nord Stream went into service in 2011. It pumped 59.2 billion cubic meters of gas in 2021. The project involves Gazprom, Wintershall Dea, Gasunie, E.ON and Engie.
“...Ukrainians will never accept Canada’s decision...”
no one asked them to accept Canada’s decision
Canada - selectively enforcing the sanctions they imposed... because apparently Rubles talk loudly???
I believe Hunter Biden is involved with Gazprom. The turbine will be returned so The Big Guy can get his 10%
The sanctions are not working anyway. When the invasion started the Russian Rubble tumbled badly, but recovered in short order and then started trending stronger. Its now around its 4 year high against the US dollar.
Germany, there’s also the Nord Stream 2 pipeline… all tested , purged of atmospheric gases, filled with natural gas and ready to go.
I guess Saint George Washington Zelensky doesn’t have much sympathy for the German people getting hammered to support the Liberal World Order. German hygiene was already questionable and I don’t think cold showers are going to make it any better.
If Zelensky doesn’t like it, he should declare war on Canada. Thus triggering our NATO treaty obligations to save Canada!
Have a sense of humor folks..
C.W.
The little high-heeled boy should shut his piehole.
What are they going to do, declare war on Canada? Well, why not. Fire up the printing presses boys, we're client states of Ukraine these days and they're going to need even more cash to fund their imminent war with Canada.
Haha...Thanks for the laugh
I saw a report that six more turbines will be sent to Canada for repair... 🤣
“.. selectively enforcing the sanctions they imposed ..”
or maybe a contract supersedes a sanction.
I think it may have been because of the imminent collapse of German industry because "no natgas feedstock".
It might have been that little thingee.
“German hygiene was already questionable”
Had not heard that..
But.
The French..at least those around Paris. NEVER get downwind of them.
Who the hell does that little turd Zelensky think he is?
Order. Order a few dozen nukes. Coming surprisingly soon. We're in the accretion disc. Order. We're in the whirlpool and not even champion swimmer Lia Thomas can rescue us.
Interesting...
What's in YOUR wallet?
Actually, my working theory is that the West doesn’t want Russia in possession of too many turbines at one time, as they fear the turbines being moved to the pipelines being constructed for China.
So they attempted to deplete Russia’s inventory, while still leaving Russia with enough to run the pipeline, but not as many extras. This would explain Haback’s outright anger when Russia cut back deliveries - he correctly calculated that Russia still had enough turbines to keep pumping gas...and figured that they would continue to do so, if for no other reason than simply the money.
Unfortunately for the West, Russia is nearly as STUPID as Western leaders, nor is Russia anywhere near as broke as they are, and thus Russia called them out. The reason it took a month is because the West was trying to wait-out Russia, thinking that they’d buckle (and pump away) when they saw the West was serious.
Russia didn’t buckle.
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