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Photograph of the start of construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay, about 170 km northwest of St. Petersburg
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After Gazprom announced that it would not initially resume gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, the Federal Ministry of
Economics
emphasized the security of the gas supply.
"The situation on the gas market is tense, but security of supply is guaranteed," said a spokeswoman on Friday evening.
The spokeswoman said they took note of the latest reports from Gazprom.
“We are not commenting on the matter, but we have already seen Russia's unreliability in the past few weeks and accordingly we have unwaveringly and consistently continued our measures to strengthen independence from Russian energy imports.
As a result, we are now much better equipped than we were a few months ago.«
European Commission: "False pretenses"
The spokeswoman explained that the gas storage tanks were 84.3 percent full.
"The October storage target of 85 percent should therefore already be reached in the first few days of September." Good progress is also being made with supply via other delivery routes than Russian pipelines and new landing capacities for liquid gas.
The
European Commission
has accused the Russian state-owned company Gazprom of using false pretenses to stop the flow of gas via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
"Gazprom's announcement this afternoon that it will shut down Nord Stream 1 again under false pretenses is further evidence of its unreliability as a supplier," a spokesman for the EU Commission wrote on Twitter on Friday evening.
It is also a testament to Russia's cynicism, preferring to burn gas rather than fulfill contracts.
In the course of the renewed delivery stop from Russia, the Federal Network
Agency
referred to the importance of the German precautionary measures.
"In view of the Russian decision not to allow any gas to flow via Nord Stream 1 for the time being, the LNG terminals, the relevant storage levels and the need for significant savings are gaining in importance," tweeted the President of the Authority, Klaus Müller, on Friday.
"It's good that Germany is now better prepared, but now it depends on everyone," Müller continued.
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