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The threat of U.S. sanctions jeopardized completion of a second direct gas pipeline from Russia. So Gazprom and German officials concocted a phony climate foundation to get the job done.

A state-backed climate foundation became an emblem of Germany’s craving for natural gas and its dependent, murky relationship with Moscow.

The Americans warned Germany, as did the Eastern Europeans. But Germany just continued buying more and more natural gas from Russia. The addiction stretches back several decades, and it is full of misjudgments and errors.

Internal papers document the influence the Nord Stream 2 pipeline company exerted on the government of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They raise a number of questions about state Governor Manuela Schwesig: Was she the willing enforcer of Russian interests?

Schwerin. The winning smile has disappeared from Manuela Schwesig's face. In the state elections in September, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's prime m

In the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where former German chancellor Angela Merkel was born, ties to Russia run deep — so deep that its leaders have defended a Kremlin project that the US says helped cripple Ukraine. At issue is a new gas pipeline project, which Germany on Tuesday last week halted in retaliation for Russia’s decision to recognize two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, shortly before it invaded and brought Europe to the brink of a major war. Mecklenburg-Vorp...

In the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where former Chancellor Angela Merkel had her constituency, ties to Russia run deep.

Germany can do without Russian gas if necessary, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Wednesday, as the country assessed...

The EU is in disarray as key German politicians refuse to vote for the Commission’s new €1.2billion (£1billion) package to aid Ukraine. Even as Russian President Vladimir Putin amassed 140,000 troops at the Russia-Ukraine border, Germany has been unwilling to impose harsh sanctions against Moscow. The US has demanded that part of the package of

In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany is cutting a rather ambivalent figure. Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is one major reason why. Can the Social Democrats and the country find its way out from under his shadow?