Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom reduced flows through Nord Stream 1 to 40% of the sticker capacity.
The monopolist says it’s because of repair work.
The German subsidiary of the Russian gas giant was placed into temporary administration in April.
Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Germany has paid Russia 12.1 billion euros for energy.
China and Germany are the largest buyers.
Over the past week, world oil quotations have experienced serious volatility.
Naftogaz has not purchased natural gas from Russia for more than 1,500 days
Prices for European gas hubs began to decline sharply at the end of December.
Ukraine consumed more than 1 billion cubic meters of gas from underground gas storages in November.