Europe on high alert as Russia temporarily halts gas flows via major pipeline

Operator Nord Stream AG confirmed the maintenance work, which is scheduled to run from Monday through to July 21, got underway as planned on Monday morning.
Russian gas flows to Germany are expected to drop to zero later in the day.
Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany’s energy regulator, believes the Kremlin may continue to throttle Europe’s energy supplies beyond the scheduled end of the maintenance works.


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