The maintenance work on the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 should be completed by Thursday. It is unclear whether Kremlin boss Putin will turn on the gas tap again. Moscow is enjoying the power game.

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom does not want to commit itself to the future of energy supply in Germany and the other EU countries. The maintenance work on the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 – the most important supply line from Russia to Germany – should be completed this Thursday (July 21).