Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia “will not allow the West to blow up gas pipelines again” and said Moscow would no longer rely on the West as an energy partner, Reuters reported.

Nord Stream gas pipelinePhoto: STEFAN SAUER / AFP / Profimedia

Moscow has suggested that Western countries are responsible for the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline in September, a claim they have rejected and called for an international investigation.

The Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are to be sealed and closed because there is no immediate plan to repair or restore them, Reuters reports citing several sources familiar with the situation.

Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, each consisting of two pipelines, were built by Gazprom to pump 110 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually to Germany through the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

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