Bloomberg says Putin is "bringing the German economy to the limit"

The material says that Moscow has reduced supplies to Germany via the main Nord Stream gas pipeline by 60%.

According to the agency, after that, the German government began to study possible options for the development of the situation.

At the same time, they concluded that none of the options would make it possible to collect the necessary volumes of gas by the coming winter.

The article also argues that Russia's cuts in gas supplies show Germany that "the era of cheap energy is over."

Earlier, German Vice Chancellor, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habek said that Germany is ready, if necessary, to supply gas from its storage facilities to neighboring countries.

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, today there is no way to solve the problem that arose at the Portovaya compressor station, although Siemens is working on the situation.