(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 07 SET - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
will not rule out consequences for the Nord Stream 2 gas
pipeline project if Russia fails to thoroughly investigate the
poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, her spokesman
said Monday. Asked whether Merkel would protect the
multi-billion-euro pipeline from Russia to Europe if Germany
were to seek sanctions over the Navalny case, spokesman Steffen
Seibert said: "The chancellor believes it would be wrong to rule
anything out from the start." Nord Stream 2, a 10-billion-euro
($11-billion) pipeline near completion beneath the Baltic Sea,
is set to double Russian natural-gas shipments to Germany,
Europe's largest economy. It has long been in the crosshairs of
the United States, which has criticised European countries for
their reliance on energy from Russia. (ANSA-AFP).
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