Gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea involves more than 100 companies from 12 European countries.
Germany this Sunday increased pressure on Russia in the event of suspected poisoning by Russian opponent Alexei Navalny for the first time threatening to halt the Nord Stream 2 project, the German-Russian gas pipeline under construction in the Baltic Sea.
“In any case, I hope that the Russians will not force us to change our position in relation to Nord Stream 2,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said today in a statement to the newspaper Bild.
Maas stressed that interrupting the gas pipeline when the work is practically completed would also harm German and European companies, so “whoever demands it must be aware of the consequences”.
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