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G-7 Backs Price-Cap Plan for Russian Oil to Limit Revenue

EU would need to amend sanctions package to allow change

US says price cap would help ease pressure on oil markets


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-02/g-7-set-to-back-plan-to-introduce-cap-on-price-of-russian-oil?srnd=premium-europe&sref=cus85deZ#xj4y7vzkg

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Moscow would not supply oil to those states that would support the introduction of a limit on fuel prices from Russia.
According to the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, with the introduction of price restrictions on Russian oil, fuel will be sent to countries operating on market conditions.
According to Vladimir Putin, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for Western countries, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. He noted that the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.

MOSCOW, September 2 - RIA Novosti. Gazprom received a warning from Rostekhnadzor about a malfunction of the only working engine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the pipeline has been completely stopped until the faults are eliminated, the company said.
It will be clarified that during joint maintenance with Siemens representatives at the Trent 60 gas compressor unit (GPA No. 24) of the Portovaya compressor station, an oil leak was detected. It was found on equipment that is part of the engine.

“A warning from Rostekhnadzor has been received that the detected damage does not allow for the safe operation of the gas turbine engine. It is necessary to take appropriate measures and suspend the operation of the Trent 60 gas compressor unit due to the identified gross violations,” the statement says.
Gazprom has already sent a letter to the President and CEO of Siemens Energy AG, Christian Bruch, about the identified faults and the need to eliminate them.

As the Russian corporation said, similar leaks were previously found on gas compressor units with engines No. 075, No. 076 and No. 120, they underwent a factory overhaul and are now in a state of forced downtime. It is noted that, according to Siemens, the complete elimination of the problem is possible only in the conditions of a specialized repair company.
Since Wednesday, August 31, Gazprom has suspended supplies via Nord Stream for three days. The company explained that this was due to routine maintenance at the only working gas compressor unit (GCU) of the Portovaya compressor station (CS).

Nord Stream, the main route for gas supplies from Russia to Europe, has been operating with restrictions since mid-June, and has been operating at only 20 percent of its nearly 170 million cubic meters of capacity per day since the end of July. Moscow stressed that the decline in supplies was due solely to the sanctions, which caused problems with the maintenance and repair of Siemens gas pumping units. Now the line is provided by only one turbine.
On the eve of the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, called the situation around the pipeline a crisis, but noted that Gazprom was not to blame for this, since it had repeatedly expressed its readiness to continue fulfilling its obligations, but the European side itself was preventing this.

Could this be an answer to the "price cap"? Could be just a "coincidence"...
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VIENNA, September 2 - RIA Novosti. The IAEA mission recorded traces of the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the physical integrity of the plant was violated several times, the director general of the agency Rafael Grossi said upon arrival in Vienna.
“We see military activity around the station. My team and I saw holes, marks on the buildings from shelling. This means that the physical integrity was violated not once, but several times,” he said.

Grossi said that he could present a report on the situation at the ZNPP at the beginning of next week, "as soon as there is a complete picture of what is happening."
He also confirmed that the IAEA is establishing a permanent presence at the station, where two inspectors will continue to work.

The day before, the IAEA mission arrived at the ZNPP. The head of the delegation of "Rosatom" and the staff of the station led the members of the organization through its territory and showed the areas affected by the shelling of Ukrainian troops.
Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, this is necessary to prevent the leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials. Ukrainian troops continue to regularly shell Energodar, the surrounding villages and the territory of the station adjacent to the city.

Sound good so far. However, it is not his job or competence to identify who is responsible for those "holes".
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Translated from Rybar:
Against the background of the "counteroffensive" in the Kherson direction, which takes place mainly in the Telegram, censorship has been increased for Ukrainian journalists. All war correspondents were recalled from the front, in addition, they were given "recommendations", which are in the nature of requirements.

These are the directives:

▪️Journalists are forbidden to evaluate the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

▪️Only the military leadership reports on the course of hostilities, that is, you cannot rely on information from ordinary military personnel or field commanders

▪️It is forbidden to interpret the military situation in an alternative way from the official one

▪️Your own predictions are prohibited

▪️Only officials of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report on all military actions, their consequences and results

Such an approach should hide the failed results of the “counteroffensive” and prevent the demoralization of both the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ordinary Ukrainians.

That, allegedly, is an oil leak on the "North stream 1" pipeline engine.
Give me a tissue...

Destruction of the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Partizanskoye, Nikolaev direction.

Control over Blagodatny allows the Russian army to expand the geography of its attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Mykolaiv region.

From Milinfolive

Ukraine admits shelling area around nuclear plant
Kiev’s General Staff also says there are no Russian troops inside at the Zaporozhye facility

The Ukrainian military publicly admitted striking the area around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in an official General Staff briefing on Friday. Previously, Kiev had claimed that Russian forces used the plant as a military base; now it says all troops have relocated due to the visit by IAEA inspectors.

“In the areas of the settlements of Kherson and Energodar, accurate strikes by our troops destroyed three enemy artillery systems, as well as an ammunition depot and up to a company of personnel,” said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the daily briefing.

The military also claimed that, due to the arrival of the IAEA inspection team, the Russian “occupiers removed all military equipment from the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. About 100 units moved to the plant ‘Atom Energomash’ and the rest were dispersed in the nearest settlements.”

Energodar and the Zaporozhye facility have been under Russian control since early March, and functioned without problems until drone and artillery attacks began in July. Kiev has argued that the shelling was a false-flag operation by Moscow to make Ukraine look bad, but also that Russia was using the plant as a base for heavy artillery and equipment.

Moscow has consistently denied the accusations, saying that only lightly armed guards were deployed at the facility to ensure its security. On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Ukrainian claims that Moscow was using the facility to attack Ukrainian positions “with long-range artillery systems” were “blatant lies.”

“I state with confidence that we do not have heavy weapons at the territory of the nuclear power stations and in adjacent neighborhoods,” Shoigu said at a meeting in Moscow, adding that he hoped the IAEA inspectors would testify to this as well.

Shoigu also said there have been 29 attacks against the Zaporozhye facility since July 18, involving 120 artillery projectiles and 16 kamikaze drones.

The IAEA mission arrived at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Thursday, led by agency chief Rafael Grossi personally. Grossi said the IAEA planned to have a “continued presence” on the site. As the IAEA team was en route, a group of Ukrainian commandos used boats to land in Energodar and attempted to storm the power plant. Their goal, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, was to use the IAEA inspectors as “human shields.” However, Russian troops destroyed both the initial strike group and its reinforcements.

◾Western media reports on the visit of the Nuclear Security Team to Zaporozhye Nuclear plant.

◾The “physical integrity” of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in south-eastern Ukraine has been “violated”, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.

◾“It is obvious that the plant and physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times,” Grossi told reporters.

◾Grossi insisted he and his team had seen “everything I request to see”, but he conceded he was not able to talk to any of the Russian soldiers who have commandeered the plant’s crisis centre as their headquarters.

◾The IAEA is there to stay for as long as it is needed. We are not leaving. We’re not going anywhere,” Grossi said. “For those who may have intentions on the plant, knowing that international inspectors are there, witnessing and informing immediately what is happening, has an inherently very important stabilising effect.”

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (September 3, 2022)

Part 2 (read Part 1)

◽️ Despite the presence of IAEA representatives at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Kiev regime made another attempt to capture this facility.

💥 On September 2, at about 11.00 PM (Moscow time), two groups of a total of 42 cutters and motor boats with over 250 servicemen from special operation forces and foreign mercenaries on board made an attempt to disembark at the shore of Kakhovka reservoir near Energodar and Dneproprudnoye.

💥 The manpower was attacked by 4 Su-30 and 2 Ka-52 helicopters of Russian Aerospace Forces that has resulted in the elimination of 20 cutters and boats.
The rest of the vessels turned back and headed towards the Ukrainian coast.

💥 Russian artillery, including Malka high-capacity howitzers, launched an attack at the Ukrainian part of the shore near Vysshetarasovka and Chervonodneprovka where the rest of the manpower had disembarked.

◽️ According to available information, the unsuccessful provocation of Ukrainian nationalists has resulted in the elimination of 47 militants, including 10 foreign mercenaries, as well as in wounding 23.

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