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Added on the 01/10/2022 13:00:27 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Berlin is looking at ways to reduce its dependency on gas supplied by Moscow.
European countries are turning to the Caspian Sea for sources of natural gas, boosting imports from Azerbaijan to counter the impact of sanctions on Russian energy supplies.
Who did sabotage the Nord Stream pipelines? Without much proof to go on, pundits could only root for the version that would suit their cause. But German investigators have now revealed they have found traces of explosives aboard a yacht that may have carried the charge that last September knocked out the undersea conduit that supplies Russian gas to Europe via the Baltic Sea.
The plant will use liquefied natural gas from a floating station that is also being built in the area.
A blast that ripped through a section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline has killed three people. The incident occurred in the region of Chuvashia, 700 km east of Moscow, on a pipeline carrying Siberian natural gas towards European markets.