Italian papers are reporting (article in Italian) that Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi concluded two days of talks between Moscow and Rome with a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which he insisted that Italy’s Eni get to participate in the proposed “Nord Stream 2” pipeline extension. Renzi made headlines late last year by very publicly holding up the extension of EU sanctions against Russia as he complained of Germany’s hypocrisy in killing off Russia’s South Stream pipeline project while greenlighting Nord Stream 2.Critics of Nord Stream 2 also point out that it would negatively affect the bottom line …read more
Source: The American Interest
