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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
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A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay, 170 kilometres north-west of St Petersburg in Russia. AP Photo
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A turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at the Siemens Energy plant in western Germany. AFP
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The logo of Russia's energy giant Gazprom is pictured at one of its petrol stations in Sofia, Bulgaria. AFP
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Facilities to receive and distribute natural gas are pictured on the grounds of gas transport and pipeline network operator Cascade in Lubmin, north-eastern Germany, close to the border with Poland. AFP
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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline in Lubmin. Reuters
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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
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A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay, 170 kilometres north-west of St Petersburg in Russia. AP Photo
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A turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at the Siemens Energy plant in western Germany. AFP
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The logo of Russia's energy giant Gazprom is pictured at one of its petrol stations in Sofia, Bulgaria. AFP
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Facilities to receive and distribute natural gas are pictured on the grounds of gas transport and pipeline network operator Cascade in Lubmin, north-eastern Germany, close to the border with Poland. AFP
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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline in Lubmin. Reuters
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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
Russia's Gazprom shuts down gas to Europe indefinitely
Moscow announces halt to deliveries after reported fault with Nord Stream 1 pipeline
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Tim Stickings
02 September, 2022
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