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Germany not in talks over Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline revival

Tuesday, March 4 2025

General – Independence

Germany’s energy independence from Moscow is crucial and it is not in talks with Russia over a ‘possible pipeline-based supply of Russian gas’ via the partly damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the economy ministry said on Monday to Reuters.

The ministry was responding to a weekend report in the Financial Times that a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is lobbying the United States to look into restarting the $11 billion project.

Germany for decades relied heavily on Russian gas, but Norway has become its biggest supplier after the Ukraine war led it to diversify.

“Independence from Russian gas is of strategic importance to the German government in terms of security policy and it is sticking to it,” Germany’s Economy Ministry said in a statement.

Germany’s NATO and EU ally Estonia also condemned any attempt at relaunching gas exports via Nord Stream 2 as a step in the wrong direction for European energy security.

“The right place for Nord Stream 2 is at the bottom of the sea,” Estonia Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement on Monday.

Estonia neighbours Russia and was once part of the Soviet Union. Together with its fellow Baltic nations Lithuania and Latvia, it last month completed a switch from Russia’s electricity to the EU’s system to be independent from Moscow.

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