<p>The Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany restarted on Thursday after 10 days of maintenance work, its operator told AFP.</p>.<p>"It's working," a Nord Stream spokesman said, without specifying the amount of gas being delivered. The German government had feared the pipeline would not be reopened by Moscow after the scheduled work.</p>.<p>According to data given by Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom to Gascade, the German operator of the line, 530 GWh would be delivered during the day.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/germany-to-introduce-some-border-checks-during-g7-summit-1117304.html" target="_blank">Germany to introduce some border checks during G7 summit</a></strong></p>.<p>This was only 30 per cent of its capacity, Klaus Mueller, president of Germany's energy regulator, the Federal Network Agency, said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Gazprom has cut flows to Germany via the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline by some 60 per cent in recent weeks, blaming the absence of a Siemens gas turbine that was undergoing repairs in Canada.</p>.<p>The German government has rejected Gazprom's turbine explanation and believes Russia is squeezing supplies in retaliation for Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.</p>.<p>The Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea has been shut down since July 11 to undergo annual maintenance.</p>
<p>The Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany restarted on Thursday after 10 days of maintenance work, its operator told AFP.</p>.<p>"It's working," a Nord Stream spokesman said, without specifying the amount of gas being delivered. The German government had feared the pipeline would not be reopened by Moscow after the scheduled work.</p>.<p>According to data given by Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom to Gascade, the German operator of the line, 530 GWh would be delivered during the day.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/germany-to-introduce-some-border-checks-during-g7-summit-1117304.html" target="_blank">Germany to introduce some border checks during G7 summit</a></strong></p>.<p>This was only 30 per cent of its capacity, Klaus Mueller, president of Germany's energy regulator, the Federal Network Agency, said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Gazprom has cut flows to Germany via the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline by some 60 per cent in recent weeks, blaming the absence of a Siemens gas turbine that was undergoing repairs in Canada.</p>.<p>The German government has rejected Gazprom's turbine explanation and believes Russia is squeezing supplies in retaliation for Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.</p>.<p>The Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea has been shut down since July 11 to undergo annual maintenance.</p>