Russia's government-owned gas company Gazprom has announced that it will suspend supply through its main natural gas pipeline to Germany, Nord Stream, for three days from the morning of the 31st Japan time.
It is said that the suspension was due to inspection of facilities, but Germany and other European countries are increasing their vigilance that Russia is using energy as a weapon to shake it up.
According to Russian state media, Gazprom announced that it will stop supplying Europe's largest natural gas pipeline Nordstream, which connects Russia and Germany, from 4:00 am on the 31st, 10:00 am Japan time today.
Due to the inspection of the equipment on the Russian side, it is scheduled for three days until 4:00 am on September 3rd.
Gazprom has already reduced its supply through Nordstream to around 20% of its original capacity.
As concerns about gas shortages spread in Europe ahead of winter, when demand for heating increases, this is the second time that supply from this pipeline has been suspended for inspection, following last month. , Russia, which is at odds with Europe and the United States over the situation in Ukraine, is using energy as a weapon to shake the country.
Regarding this suspension, since the Russian side announced in the middle of this month, futures prices have remained high due to concerns that the supply suspension in the European natural gas market will be prolonged, and the suspension will end in three days as planned. The focus is on whether