The Russian company Gazprom apparently burns part of the gas that is actually supposed to go to Germany in a targeted manner at the Nord Stream 1 compressor station near Saint Petersburg.
This is reported by the Finnish news site “Yle” and shared corresponding photos on Twitter. The “world” also reports.
The compressor station should be visible on these, with a large flame blazing above it. This is so high that it can be seen across the national border. The station near St. Petersburg is the starting point of Nord Stream 1.
In fact, data from the NASA space agency’s “Fire Information for Resource Management Systems” also shows that larger fires have been blazing steadily across the site since June 16. There had been no flames there prior to the curtailment deadline. The starting point of Nord Stream 1 is located on the site near Saint Petersburg. Here the Russian natural gas is compressed and pressed into the pipeline, which then leads to Lubmin in Germany.
Gazprom claims the gas throttling is due to technical reasons. The federal government considers this to be a pretense. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) visited a turbine that was serviced in Canada and brought back to Germany on Wednesday. Russia has not yet requested them again.
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