Siemens continues collaboration with Russian companies
Siemens is fulfilling all its obligations to the Russian energy holding company Inter RAO, there are no problems with the supply or servicing of equipment, said Inter RAO chairman Boris Kovalchuk, as reported by the Russian news outlet Prime.
“There are no problems with either the equipment supply or the servicing of our equipment by our German partners, all obligations are being fulfilled,” Kovalchuk responded when asked whether Siemens had warned Inter RAO of difficulties in further work.
On Friday August 25, Inter RAO launched the new 861 megawatt power unit Permskaya GRES, at which Siemens generators have been installed. According to Kovalchuk, Siemens has signed a five-year energy service contract regarding this equipment.
It was reported earlier that the EU Council had made additions to the sanction list for Russia due to the scandal with the Siemens turbines.
It was also reported that Siemens will insist on the criminal prosecution of the entities involved in relocating the turbines to annexed Crimea.
Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary to the Russian President, said that the turbines were produced in Russia.
In March this year, Siemens announced that it had supplied Russian JSC Technopromexport with four gas turbines which, according to the contract, were intended for the new thermal power plant in Taman. Later, in circumvention of sanctions, this equipment has been used by Russia to construct a new thermal power plant in the annexed Crimea.