Berlin said on Friday that he had taken control of the German operations of the Russian company Rosneft, which manages several refineries, to guarantee energy supplies that have been disrupted after Moscow invaded Ukraine. The German subsidiaries of Rosneft, which represent approximately 12% of the oil refining capacity in the country, were placed under the supervision of the Federal Network Agency, the Ministry of the Economy said in a statement.
The federal network regulator will take over RN Refining & Marketing GmbH and Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, which represents around 12% of the German oil transformation capacity, and its issues in oil refineries in Schwedt, Karlsruhe and Vohburg, the Ministry of the Economy, announced on Friday. In Germany, since June 23, 2022, the alert level of the emergency gas plan has been in place. “The situation is tense and an additional worsening of the situation cannot be excluded. Gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 have not been taken over by Russia, allegedly due to defects at the Potovaya compressor station, “said the economic ministry.
But Germany said that it did not consider alleged defects as technical reasons for the suspension of the operation. The rise in gas prices and Moscow’s decision to tighten supplies in Europe have already caused a series of government’s reunification and rescue loans. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister of the Economy Robert Habeck will present the Rosneft nationalization plan at a press conference in Berlin later during the day.
Rosneft was affected by Western sanctions against Ukraine, which hampered its world funding and exchange. But the Russian energy giant said that its semi -annual net profit increased by 13.1% despite “unfavorable external factors” in the middle of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. Its net profit still reached 432 billion rubles ($ 7.2 billion) following an increase in crude oil prices due to the increase in global demand for demand and supply caused by the Russian operation in Ukraine. After the start of the British energy company offensive, BP left its 20% stake in Rosneft.
In May, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has been chairman of the company’s board of directors since 2017, left his position after a burst of criticism in Germany. He remains head of the Northern AG shareholders committee, who operates the controversial Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, which has been inactive since the beginning of the month.
Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face -to -face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) in Former Uzbekistan of the old or Uzbekistan of the old or Uzbekistan of the former Soébie in Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, the former Uzbekistan of the old or in Uzbekistan of the former Soébuleux.