Nord Stream 2

Russia's top spy said on Friday (Sep 30) that Moscow had materials that indicated the West had a role in ruptures to the undersea Nord Stream pipelines that have threatened to put them permanently out of use, Russian news agencies reported.…

The Danish Energy Agency has said it found two leaks this week in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline northeast of the island of Bornholm and a third and fourth in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Swedish waters southeast of the island. "These are not…

COPENHAGEN: The European Union on Wednesday (Sep 28) promised a "robust" response to any intentional disruption of its energy infrastructure after saying it suspected sabotage was behind gas leaks discovered this week on subsea Russian…

Unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are spewing out greenhouse gas emissions, raising fears that the disruption could cause a climate calamity - although to what extent is still unclear. Neither pipeline was in…

LONDON: As Ian Fleming, the British author who created James Bond, wrote: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.” One does not need to be an avid reader of Cold War novels to see echoes of the…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday (Sep 28) said claims that Russia was somehow behind a possible attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines were stupid, adding that the United States had opposed the pipelines and its companies had made big…

Explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered on two natural gas pipelines running underwater from Russia to Germany, seismologists said Tuesday. Some European leaders and experts are pointing to possible…

Nord Stream 1 and the mostly defunct Nord Stream 2, the major pipelines transporting natural gas from Russia to Europe have developed issues. While the first one reported leaks, the second saw sudden drop in pressure…

SAMARKAND: A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday (Sep 15). Asked in an interview with Russian…

Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy chairman of Germany's Free Democrats (FDP), faced severe criticism on Friday after suggesting that Germany should allow gas to flow through the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.  The neoliberal Free Democrats are part of…