Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who on January 7 appeared jointly before television cameras to tell Germany that the halt of Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine “demonstrated” the need to implement the Nord Stream pipeline on schedule (AP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who on January 7 appeared jointly before television cameras to tell Germany that the halt of Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine “demonstrated” the need to implement the Nord Stream pipeline on schedule (AP)