In mid-June, Gazprom announced technical problems with the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. The Russian energy giant said that gas compressor units, made by Germany’s Siemens, were being repaired in Canada and couldn’t be returned to Russia due to Western sanctions. As a result, the pipeline’s daily flow was reduced by …
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“In fact, the Russian economy is stable, primarily due to the oil. The government saves money, President Putin wants to rise to the global elite. But many Russians can survive only through illegal employment”, – the journalist writes the German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung of Silke Bigalke. “Several times a year …
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