LNG

Nord Stream II AG, the owner of the new Russian pipeline to bring supplies to Germany, said it registered a subsidiary for the German part of the pipeline to meet German regulatory requirements, though the certification for the project still remained suspended by the Bundesnetzagentur regulator based in the city of Bonn.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he explained to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock that demands on Russian troop operations on the country’s own territory were unacceptable while Baerbock warned Moscow against weaponizing energy, including the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline.