Kremlin Speaker Dmytro Peskov said that problems with the supply of gas via the Nord Stream will persist until Western sanctions are lifted. Peskov told journalists about this on Monday, UP reports.
"Problems in pumping arose due to sanctions imposed against our country and against a number of companies by Western countries, including Germany and Great Britain. There are no other reasons that would lead to problems with pumping," he told reporters.
Peskov said that there was only one unit left as a worker, "and it fails, and breakdowns occur there, and this leads to a stoppage of pumping."
"Given that the sanctions continue to work, given that they bring absolute confusion, legal, practical, to what is connected with the maintenance of all the nodes and units, then for now, we can hope for this single unit, that one day it will be possible to organize it," he continued.
He emphasized that due to the sanctions, all the work of the pipeline "is based on one unit, which needs serious maintenance."
Peskov was asked whether it is possible to say that the issue of pumping gas through the Nord Stream depends entirely on sanctions and supplies will resume if these sanctions are lifted or eased.
"Of course, the same sanctions that prevent the units from being serviced, that prevent them from being moved without adequate legal guarantees, that prevent the provision of these legal guarantees, etc., it is these sanctions that have been introduced by Western countries that have brought the situation to what we see now," - he said.