Ukrainian diaspora takes legal action over Canada’s returning turbines to Nord Stream

Ukrainian World Congress, a Ukrainian diaspora group and organization, filed a lawsuit in Canada over the government's decision to hand over a Siemens turbine for Nord Stream after maintenance, despite sanctions against russia

National Post reports.

On Tuesday, the organization said it was filing a lawsuit in Canada to prevent the return of the turbine and prevent further servicing of russian turbines in Canada in the future.

According to EP sources, on Tuesday, July 12, I already submitted the lawsuit to the court.

"Canada's decision to break sanctions and send the Siemens turbine back to russia is a grave mistake with dire consequences. This exemption to the sanctions regime against russia is totally unacceptable," said Ukrainian World Congress president and CEO Paul Grod on Tuesday. "We cannot supply a terrorist state with the tools it needs to finance the killing of tens of thousands of innocent people."

The turbine is part of a compressor unit for the pipeline and was at a Siemens Energy facility in Montreal for maintenance when the war broke out. Nord Stream's owners say they cannot operate the pipeline at total capacity without the turbine. Canadian sanctions prevented the company from returning it to russia.

The Liberal government this week said it would issue a "time-limited and revocable permit" to allow the turbine to be exported to russia, despite the sanctions.

Paul Grod says better solutions can be found than simply giving in to russia's demands.

He noted that it would be possible to supply russian gas to Europe through the Ukrainian gas transmission system.

"People and businesses who believe in freedom, democracy and human rights can and should unite to create breakthrough solutions to the energy crisis russia has made. We came together to find vaccines to protect ourselves against COVID. We can find ways to protect ourselves from the Kremlin," UWC CEO says.

Paul Grod admits that the democratic world will have to pay more for the principled stand, but the only way to stop Ukraine's suffering is to stop the war:

"We understand that the entire world is suffering, rising food prices, significant food shortages, rise in gas prices. Inflation, and what this is all the responsibility of vladimir putin, and we can't lose sight of that," he said. "We need to be very resolute and principled in this because any wavering will be exploited by vladimir putin."

As Rubryka reported, the Canadian government previously stated that it would make an exception to the sanctions against russia.

Ukraine urged Canada not to give in to the Kremlin's blackmail and, after the decision, summoned the head of the Canadian embassy.

The EU said that Canada did not violate sanctions by giving the turbine for the russian gas pipeline.

Scholz thanked the Canadian government for the sanction exemption for Gazprom despite Ukraine's resistance.

As Rubryka reported, on June 14, Gazprom announced that it would reduce gas supplies to Germany through the Nord Stream pipeline by approximately 40%

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