After the attempt to poison the Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, now hospitalized in Berlin, increasingly insistent voices are calling on the German government to strike Moscow in the most sensitive pocket of its portfolio: gas.
It is in this case a pipe of 2,460 kilometers, baptized Nord Stream 2, responsible for supplying Europe with white gold of Russian origin, which appears in the sights.
"We must conduct tough policies and respond with the only language Putin understands, that of gas sales
,
"
said Norbert Roettgen, chairman of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, also candidate for the presidency of the Christian Democratic Party and to Angela Merkel's succession.
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Today, only 160 kilometers of pipes are missing to complete the project.
"To continue as it is would consist in encouraging Putin as much as possible to continue this type of policies"
, considers Roettgen.
In addition to the poisoning of Navalny, this CDU official has in mind
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