Headline Roundup • February 22nd, 2022
Germany Halts Certification of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Germany has announced that it is halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 764-mile pipeline would carry natural gas to Germany from Russia and would be operated by a subsidiary of Russia state company Gazprom. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the pipeline "cannot go online" while Russian troops are in eastern Ukraine. While Germany considers other ways to secure its energy needs, the U.S. continues to assert that Europe would become too dependent on Russia for its natural gas if the Nord Stream 2 certification process is completed.
The Russia-Ukraine crisis continues to make top headlines across the spectrum.
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Germany is going to "reassess" the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to Russia's actions toward Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday.
The 764-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to Germany has not begun operating. Nord Stream 2 is owned and operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia state company Gazprom.
Earlier this month, President Biden promised to "bring an end" to Nord Stream 2 if Russia invaded Ukraine. Scholz, appearing with Biden on his first official visit to Washington, was far less explicit about stopping Nord...
The world was facing up to a new phase in the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday, with Kyiv bracing for a potential conflict with Russia and the West moving to impose sanctions on Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognizing their independence Monday, threatening a major escalation following months of military buildup and warnings from the West that the Kremlin was trying to create a pretext to invade its neighbor.
Moscow drew swift international condemnation, with the U.S. now calling the move an “invasion,” two Biden administration officials told NBC News.
Washington and its...
Germany froze a new gas pipeline and Britain hit Russian banks with sanctions on Tuesday, as the West responded to Moscow's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine and a speech by President Vladimir Putin suggesting more belligerent aims.
Russia's parliament approved treaties with the two breakaway regions in Ukraine's east, a day after Putin announced he was recognising the independence of enclaves controlled by Russian-backed fighters since 2014.
The prospect of a disruption to energy supplies and fears of war, stoked by reports of shelling and movements of unmarked...
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