Oddly enough, this occurred hours after G7 nations decided put price caps on Russian oil

Russia’s Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off
[apnews.com]

BERLIN (AP) — Russian energy giant Gazprom said Friday that it can’t resume the supply of natural gas through a key pipeline to Germany for now because of what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work, just hours before it was due to recommence deliveries.

The Russian state-run energy company had shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday for what it said would be three days of work.

It said in a social media post Friday evening that it had identified “malfunctions” of a turbine and added that the pipeline would not work unless those were eliminated.

It was the latest development in a saga in which Gazprom has advanced technical problems as the reason for reducing gas flows through Nord Stream 1 — explanations that German officials have rejected as a cover for a political power play following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Gazprom said it had identified oil leaks from four turbines at the Portovaya compressor station at the Russian end of the pipeline, including the sole operational one. It claimed to have received warnings from Russia’s industrial safety watchdog that the leaks “do not allow for safe, trouble-free operation of the gas turbine engine.”

“In connection with this, it is necessary to take appropriate measures and suspend further operation of the … gas compressor unit in connection with the identified gross (safety) violations,” the company said.

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I just skimmed a statement that seemed to suggest that repairs are necessary for the pipeline. The repairs have to be done at Siemens Energy - a German oil services company. No doubt, they are blocked by sanctions from doing the repair.

Or maybe I got it all wrong, but it sounds putiny

Winter is coming.

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Winter is coming.

That's what Putin said.