The freezing of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to link Russia and Germany would not be excluded from the potential sanctions against Russia examined by the German authorities following the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. In any case, that is what Angela Merkel’s spokesperson Steffen Seibert said at a press briefing on Monday 7 September.
“The Chancellor considers that it would be a mistake to exclude this from the outset”, Mr Seibert replied to a journalist who asked him about the...