Activists from Greenpeace Nordic have blocked a gas tanker carrying Russian gas from offloading its cargo at an LNG terminal in Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm, calling on the Swedish government to stop the imports of Russian fossil fuels due to the war in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will stop supplying gas and oil if price caps are imposed on Russia’s energy resources.

Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom has not reopened the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as planned due to “technical problems” and has not revealed when this major gas flow to Europe will start again.

State-owned Russian gas company Gazprom has again shut off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that supplies Europe with gas due to maintenance.

A group representing the Ukrainian diaspora said on Tuesday it was seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government’s decision to return a repaired turbine to Germany that is needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

Ukraine has launched missiles against three gas rigs in the Black Sea, according to Russian officials, south of Odessa.

The EuroAsia Interconnector electricity link, connecting Israel, Cyprus and Greece, will help reduce the European Union’s energy dependence on Russia, according to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Almost four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian crude oil, Urals, has seen a switch in flow from its traditional market of Europe to Asia, energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has revealed.

Norway’s Equinor and UK’s Centrica have reached an agreement for additional gas supplies to the UK. The supply agreement will provide further energy security for the UK over the coming three winters.

Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has signed a joint letter supporting the objectives of the REPowerEU Plan to phase out Europe’s dependency on fossil fuels faster, calling also for ‘bolder action’ on the accelerated roll-out of renewable energy.