This is reported by the Financial Times.

The German government believes that this could undermine Berlin's efforts to fill gas storage facilities for the heating season.

It is noted that now the level of occupancy of gas storage facilities in Germany is 58%.

The German authorities hope to fill them by 90% by November 1, RIA Novosti reports.

At the same time, due to problems with Nord Stream, importers have to buy the missing volumes on the spot market at higher prices.

On June 9, Russian gas supplies via Nord Stream were reduced due to planned technical work.

According to Gazprom, the supply volumes were limited due to the untimely return of equipment from repair by Siemens.

After that, Gazprom announced that it was stopping the operation of another gas turbine engine of the German concern Siemens at the Portovaya CS.

According to the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, the German company cannot return equipment from Canada because it has imposed sanctions against Gazprom.