The permit granted Siemens Canada an exemption to sanctions against Russia for two years starting in early July and would allow the company to import and repair up to five more turbines as per their maintenance schedule
The parts would be sent back to Germany for use in Gazprom’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline. The pipeline ordinarily supplies natural gas to Germany and other European countries but is currently shut down, with the Russian state-controlled company blaming problems on a gas leak.
The Canadian government has defended its decision to allow the exports, saying the move is intended to support Europe during the energy crisis created by the war. “Russia appears to be leveraging this situation to blame western sanctions for energy insecurity even though it maintains the ability to supply Europe with the natural gas that it requires,” the document said. “Allowing Russia to maintain this narrative risks broader implications for support for Ukraine.”
Benjamin Schmitt, a research associate at Harvard University, said a sanctions exemption would only have been justifiable “in a world where Russia hasn’t been weaponizing energy for years.” At an annual economic forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday, Putin dismissed the argument that Russia was using energy as a weapon by suspending Nord Stream 1 and said sanctions had made the pipeline turbine unsafe to operate.
It is asking for Canada to designate the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism, expel the Russian ambassador from Canada and suspend travel permits for Russians wishing to travel here.
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