Russia Stops Gas Through Nordstream Tension In Europe?

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Nord Stream is a system of offshore natural gas pipelines from Russia to Germany.
It includes two lines running from Vyborg to Lubmin near Greifswald forming original Nord Stream and another under construction running from Ust-Luga to Lubmin termed Nord Stream 2.
Nord Stream 1 is owned and operated by Nord Stream AG, whose majority shareholder is the Russian state company Gazprom.
Nord Stream 2 is owned and will be operated by Nord Stream 2 AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gazprom.

Nord Stream 1 is a 1,224 km underwater gas pipeline that runs from Vyborg in northwest Russia to Lubmin in northeastern Germany via the Baltic Sea.
It transports 55 billion cubic metres of gas a year, of which most goes directly to Germany, while the rest travels west and southwards through onshore links to other countries and into storage caverns.
During its inauguration in November 2011, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel said Nordstream which cost 7.4 billion euros, will pave the way for a “safe, sustainable partnership with Russia in the future”.

Nordstream 2 was envisioned in 2015, the pipeline runs parallel to the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea.
It reaches Germany and aims to supply natural gas across the unified market of EU.
It is a joint project between Russian gas giant Gazprom and five European companies — ENGIE, OMV, Royal Dutch Shell, Uniper and Wintershall.
Both the sides are contributing half of the financing for NS2 which has a capacity of 55 bcm per year. (Doubles the overall Nordstream capacity).

The Nord Stream 1, Germany’s main source of gas from Russia, has been shut down on July 11 2022 for 10 days of scheduled maintenance work said the Gazprom statement.
Last month, Russia reduced the supply through Nord Stream 1 by 60%.
At that time, Russia had blamed the reduction of supplies on the delayed return of a turbine, which was being serviced by Germany’s Siemens Energy in Canada. (Stuck there due to sanctions..!!)