Putin signals Russian gas will resume in a key pipeline but at a reduced level.

Russian President Vladimir Vladimir Putin proposed late Tuesday to resume the flow of natural gas to Europe after the maintenance of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut down, but warned that supply could be significantly reduced. did.

After meeting with Iranian and Turkish leaders, Putin told reporters in Tehran that repairs needed to repair turbines manufactured by Siemens in Germany prevented shipments via Nord Stream 1. .. Even before the pipeline was closed on July 11 due to annual maintenance, the flow from Russian energy giant Gazprom was reduced to only 40 percent capacity.

European leaders support Russia to keep the pipeline, the main artery between Russia and Germany, offline after maintenance work on Thursday in retaliation for opposition to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is doing. However, some analysts point out that if Russia ends the flow of gas to Europe, it will lose its leverage on Europe in the economic battles that have begun since the invasion of Ukraine.

Gazprom blamed the diminished flow A missing turbine that was sent to Montreal for repair and could not be returned due to sanctions against Russia. German authorities disputed Gazprom’s allegations.

Since then, the German government has secured the return of the Siemens turbine from Canada, but Putin said another turbine is currently in need of refurbishment. “If you come one more, that’s good. Two work, and if it doesn’t come, there’s one, which will be only 30 million cubic meters per day,” he told reporters. rice field. That’s less than 20 percent of the pipeline’s daily gas capacity of 160 million cubic meters.

Records from the Nord Stream website revealed that a small amount of gas flowed through the pipeline on Tuesday afternoon.