It’s a planned new 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) undersea pipeline that will carry natural gas from fields in Russia to the EU network at Germany’s Baltic coast. It will double the capacity of an existing undersea route -- the original Nord Stream -- that opened in 2011. Countries that sit between Russia and Germany collect transit fees on the natural gas that flows through their territories. But he’s right that Germany spends billions on Russia’s energy. Putin has said Trump’s complaints are motivated by his wish to promote “the interests of his business” to sell American liquefied natural gas to Europe.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2018 04:18 UTC