Merkel Waits on Russia as Pressure to Drop Pipeline Mounts
- Navalny poisoning means gas project must end, lawmaker says
- Chancellor avoids repeating stance that issues are separate
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Angela Merkel is waiting for Russia’s response on the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny before deciding how to react, as the German chancellor faces pressure to drop support for a controversial gas pipeline.
“Much will depend on whatever reaction we have from the Russian side,” Merkel said Thursday in Berlin. “I acknowledge what has been said, but I want to say that yesterday I made clear what we’re doing now and in the coming days,” she said, without repeating her position that the Nord Stream pipeline and the Navalny case should be handled separately.