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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