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The original Nord Stream pipeline also runs through Swedish waters. (Photo: Nord Stream)

Swedes likely to back Gazprom plan to rent harbour area

Sweden's government said on Monday (30 January) it could not stop a Swedish port city from renting out part of its harbour to Russia to ease the construction of Nord Stream II, a planned gas pipeline that would connect Russia to Germany without the need to go through Ukraine.

Sweden's defence minister Peter Hultqvist is opposed to the gas project, which he considers a security concern. But the government lacks legal powers to stop Karlshamn, a small town in southern Sweden, from going a...

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The original Nord Stream pipeline also runs through Swedish waters. (Photo: Nord Stream)

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