State Department suggests US can’t thwart ‘virtually complete’ Russian gas pipeline to Germany — Joel Gehrke

Germany dug in, and Russia persisted.

Ominously for the US,  a relationship is developing among Germany, Russia and China. This is the worst nightmare for the Americans and there is not much that can be done about it. It's economic rather than political.

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State Department suggests US can’t thwart ‘virtually complete’ Russian gas pipeline to Germany
Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter

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