“Gazprom can count on Wintershall”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany’s largest oil and gas producer Wintershall is sticking to plans to build the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 despite possible US sanctions, reports Bernd Freytag in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “Even in times that are not easy, politically, we clearly commit to the Russian-German economic partnership,” Wintershall chairman of the board Mario Mehren told the newspaper.
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For background, see the News Digest entries Germany and Austria say US sanction plans against Russia threaten Europe’s energy security and Merkel calls US gas sanctions against Russia “irregular behaviour”.
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