“Under normal circumstances, turbine maintenance is a routine task for us.
Naturally, we want to get the turbine to the site as soon as possible.
However, the time required for this is not exclusively within our competence,” Siemens said.
On July 21, German Economy Minister Robert Habek informed that the turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline had already arrived in Germany.
On July 20, Gazprom reported that it had not yet received documents from Siemens on the return of the gas turbine engine.
A Nord Stream turbine being transported from Canada to Russia was "stuck" in transit through Germany due to a "lack of necessary permits" from the Russian side, Reuters said.
The Kremlin called absurd the message about the alleged failure by the Russian side to issue a permit to import a turbine.