Russia and Germany will on Thursday (8 September) sign a deal on a gas pipeline directly linking the two countries - to the dismay of Poland.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder will today in Berlin attend the signing of 5bn dollar deal between Gazprom, a Russian gas monopolist, and Germany’s chemicals giant BASF and energy firm E.ON.
The 1,200 km pipeline will link St. Petersburg in Russia directly via the Baltic sea to Greifswald in Germany <...
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