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Vladimir Putin could rub his hands on Tuesday morning.
For the first time since March, the price of natural gas in London exceeded 2,000 dollars per thousand cubic meters, an increase of 12% in one day, or 179 euros per megawatt hour on the TTF market.
In July 2021, it was trading at… 40 euros.
All that was needed was the announcement, the day before, by the giant Gazprom, of a further halving of the pumping capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline.
Another turbine, which officially also needs maintenance, will be shut down.
"
It's a matter of security, of rules that should not be violated
," assured the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, on Tuesday.
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While the first turbine repaired in Canada with the help of Siemens has still not been put back into service - the various parties passing on the responsibility - the capacity of the gas pipeline will fall as of this Wednesday to 20%, or 33 million m3.
Nord Stream 1 was already only running at 40…
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