Germany and with it Europe enter this Monday in a period of great uncertainty on the continuation of their imports of Russian gas. The Russian giant Gazprom began maintenance work on the two Nord Stream 1 gas pipelines in the morning, which carry a large quantity of its gas, which is still delivered to Germany and several other countries in Western Europe.
This stop for ten days, announced for a long time, was in theory only to be a technical formality. But in the context of the war nobody can bet on the continuation. “Putin is going to close the gas tap for us… but will he ever open it again? “, thus worried Sunday the most read daily newspaper of Germany, Bild. “We are faced with an unprecedented situation, everything is possible”, for his part recognized during the weekend the German Vice-Chancellor, Robert Habeck.