Canada exempts Russian gas turbine from sanctions amid Europe energy crisis

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Canada will return a repaired Russian turbine to Germany that it needs for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, despite objections from Ukraine, as the sanctions regime came up against the energy crisis sparked by the war.

Canada's minister of natural resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, said in a statement on Saturday the government was issuing a time-limited and revocable permit" to exempt the return of turbines from its Russian sanctions, to support Europe's ability to access reliable and affordable energy as they continue to transition away from Russian oil and gas".