He stressed that for Germany, Nord Stream 2 is important from an energy point of view.
“But Nord Stream 2 is increasingly being proclaimed a kind of panacea with which to reason with Russia.
However, this does not correspond to reality in conditions when Europe simultaneously buys Russian gas through Ukraine and Turkey, and the United States buys oil in large volumes from Russia, ”Maas quotes in an interview with the TASS news portal t-online.
Earlier, the Minister of Economy of the Federal Republic of Germany Peter Altmeier called not to politicize the topic of Nord Stream 2 and not to associate it with “isolated cases”, including the situation with Alexei Navalny.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be completed in 2021.