Manuela Schwesig, a regional leader in Germany, has been accused of promoting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
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A regional leader in Germany colluded with Gazprom, Russia’s state-backed energy company, to promote the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline before it was cancelled, leaked documents show.
Manuela Schwesig, chief minister of the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is the latest member of Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) to come under pressure over her links to the Kremlin-backed project. Critics have described her as “Putin’s puppet”.
Schwesig, 47, is accused of setting up an environmental foundation that was secretly designed to lobby for the Russian-backed gas pipeline, deflect it from criticism and circumvent US sanctions.
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