Pressure on Nord Stream 2 Increased Before Navalny Case, German Lawmaker Claims

Pressure on Nord Stream 2 Increased Before Navalny Case, German Lawmaker Claims

In mid-September, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Berlin does not rule out freezing the Nord Stream 2 project over the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Olga Petersen, a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda that the increasing pressure on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project started before the situation surrounding Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.