The German government is watching the situation closely with the Siemens turbine, which, according to the company, has been delivered to Crimea in violation of agreements. About it as transfers TASS, on Monday, July 24, said at a briefing in Berlin, the representative of the Cabinet of Germany Ulrike Demmer.
“The response to these unacceptable actions are currently still being discussed”, — said Demmer, answering the question of RIA Novosti about whether the Federal government require the extension of sanctions against Russia in connection with the scandal.
According to Demmer, transportation of turbines to the Peninsula was contrary to the representations that were made “at a high level” (in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung claimed that the guarantee given by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin; the Kremlin refused to comment on this topic).
Earlier on Monday, Reuters published an article stating that Berlin urges EU to impose sanctions against four Russian individuals and legal entities. One of the sources of the British Agency in Brussels said that among those who propose to include in the black list of the European Union, can be representatives of the Ministry of energy and the company that delivered the turbine to the Crimea.
Press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov, said later that react to the note “does not contain any links to any clear source”, is not possible. “Often such reports are then proved fake,” — said the official.
July 21 the German company announced that it had received credible information about upgrading and moving to the Crimea of all four turbines, which were delivered in the summer of 2016 for the project in Taman (Krasnodar region). This was done, say in Siemens, in violation of contractual obligations. The company wants to secure the return of equipment in Taman and prevent new supplies to Crimea.
“Siemens has renewed its offer of repurchase of the equipment and the cancellation of the contract,” according to the statement. It says that the company will abandon its stake in the Russian company “Interavtomatika” (presumably, he participated in the installation of turbines in the Crimea) and temporarily suspend “delivery of power generating equipment on existing contracts for Russian customers, control of which is exercised by the state”.
The Minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov said that the Russian side has provided the maximum legal correctness in the use of Siemens technology in the production of turbines for two thermal power plants in the Crimea.
The scandal erupted after the material Reuters, July 5. Then, the Agency drew attention to the fact that the EU sanctions prohibit the supply to the Peninsula of energy-related technologies and equipment. Siemens believe that the export control rules were not violated.