The latest Russia-Ukraine gas dispute has not dampened Germany's enthusiasm to build a new pipeline from Russia.
The pipeline, Nord Stream 2, was a "purely commercial project", Steffen Seibert, chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, said in Berlin on Monday (5 March), according to the Reuters news agency.
He urged Russia not to use Nord Stream 2 to cut off Ukraine in future.
It was "in the interest of Germany and Europe that Ukraine continues to play a role as a transit co...
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