Beixi No. 1 is closed and No. 2 gas transmission, how will Europe choose?
In a gas dispute with Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the possibility of enabling the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. " we won't build anything for free ," said Putin at the 7th Oriental Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Pacific on Wednesday. "If necessary, we will open Nord Stream 2 Nord Stream 2." Putin described the allegations that Russia " uses natural gas as a weapon " as "nonsense and madness".
Russian state-owned company Gazprom has recently completely stopped gas delivery through (already strictly restricted) Nord Stream One, a technical issue that is said to be unsolvable due to sanctions. However, the German federal government believes that this reason is a disguise. It is presumably Moscow wants to put pressure on it so that Nord Stream II can be put into operation.
The federal government received permission to suspend the approval process in February this year shortly before Russia attacked Ukrainian .