Germany has come under increasing pressure to pull the plug on its controversial giant gas pipeline project with Russia.
Experts say Berlin is unlikely to do so for now, however, given the fact the project is almost complete.The Akademic Chersky pipe layer is seen in the Gulf of Gdansk in the Baltic Sea. According to Russia's energy minister Novak, Akademik Chersky could be involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas hinted last Sunday that Russia had to play its part during the investigation into the attack on Navalny. Germany has been reluctant to link the fate of its involvement with Nord Stream 2 to the Navalny incident so far, and Maas conceded that stopping the building of the pipeline would hurt not only Russia but German and European firms.
"It's another challenge for the project to be finished and it certainly raises the risk that Germany could take action, one of the most obvious solutions could be Germany refusing to grant regulatory approval" for the pipeline, she added.
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