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A German environmental NGO claims Finance Minister Olaf Scholz offered to aid the import of liquid gas from the US if the Trump administration dropped threatened action against the Russian pipeline project.
The German government offered the Trump administration financial support of up to €1 billion ($1.21 billion) in a bid to prevent Washington from imposing sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, according to documents published by the non-profit Environmental Action Germany (DUH) Tuesday.
The controversial pipeline, which is nearing completion, would double the amount of natural gas delivered annually from Russia to Germany.
What did Germany allegedly offer?
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Source:: The Frontier Post
