UKRAINE WAR GAS – EU says cuts in Nord Stream gas flow ‘politically motivated’

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s move to further reduce natural gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 pipeline is “politically motivated” and had no technical reasons behind it, the European Commission said Tuesday.

“We know that there is no technical reason to do so,” EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said upon her arrival at a meeting of energy ministers in Brussels.

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