"This is related exclusively to the military infrastructure. This is in no way related to the infrastructure that is used to fulfill the agreements and export grain. Therefore, this cannot and should not affect the start of the shipment process in any way," Peskov told reporters.
Gas Deliveries to Europe
"Of course, the turbine will be installed. We know that we still have problems with other units, which Siemens is also well aware of. But naturally, the turbine will be installed after all the formalities of the technological process are completed", he said.
"These statements, they have absolutely nothing to do with reality, with reality and with history, with the history of [gas] deliveries. Even in the most difficult moments, the Russian side continued to fulfill its obligations, the fact that now there has been a decrease in supply is again due to those illegal restrictions introduced by the Europeans themselves, in particular by Germany," Peskov told reporters, adding that there is no political aspect in situation with gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline.