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It was the right time to halt Nord Stream 2 -Germany's Scholz

It was the right time to halt Nord Stream 2 -Germany's Scholz
It was the right time to halt Nord Stream 2 -Germany's Scholz -  Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2022
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BERLIN - The halt of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which was supposed to bring additional gas from Russia to Germany, came at exactly the right time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.

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Germany, which gets half its gas from Russia, had long supported the project, arguing it was primarily a commercial project to diversify energy supplies for Europe. It froze the project last month after Russia formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

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