It's hard to say yet whether Nord Stream 2 is dead or just sleeping.
of the gas pipeline from Russia under the Baltic Sea in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's moves against Ukraine.The conditions under which Germany, which had long resisted pressure to abandon the big project, might revive the approval process for the pipeline that's constructed but not yet in service.
"This is the opening salvo in a long game, but the odds for [Nord Stream 2] look pretty grim right now," Nikos Tsafos of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in an email exchange.
Elkind, now with Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, said ambiguity has diplomatic benefits by giving Russia incentives to consider the economic benefits of the project.Scholz's move, as did European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "We are still too dependent on Russian gas. We have to strategically diversify our suppliers and massively invest in renewables," she
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