Russia declared that its gas flows to Europe will not resume until sanctions against Moscow are lifted.
Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “Gas pumping problems arose because of the sanctions imposed against our country and against a number of companies by Western states, including Germany and the UK.”
“Sanctions that prevent the units from being serviced, that prevent them from being moved without appropriate legal have brought the situation to what we see now,” Peskov added.
The European Union retaliated at Moscow’s move with the European Commission spokesman by saying that the complete halt of gas flows was made under “fallacious pretences”. EU officials have repeatedly accused Moscow of intentionally stemming or reducing the flows in retaliation for Western sanctions and support of Ukraine.
The United States also accused Russia of using energy as a weapon, adding though that Europe will have enough gas to face the winter months.
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