Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a global economic crisis and heightened the risk of a continent-wide conflict in Europe. Vladimir Putin’s decision to significantly reduce gas supplies to the EU, which previously relied on Moscow for 40 percent of its gas, has intensified geopolitical tensions. Accusations against Russia for the explosion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in... 

Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia as the West started taking punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government made the decision to halt the £7.4 billion pipeline in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern... 

Only the US – not Germany or the EU – is interested in economic sanctions against Russia, the head of the Bundestag’s economy and energy committee has said. German MPs are looking at ways to lift the restrictions, he added. Bundestag energy and economy chief Klaus Ernst of Die Linke party accused the US of behaving as if Germany is its colony, as Washington tries to bully Europeans out of buying...