Kremlin warns Merkel

The Nord Stream 2 project is more than 90 percent complete and scheduled to operate from early 2021 [File: Axel Schmidt/Reuters]. Kremlin warning comes as Merkel faces calls to halt pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany over poisoning attack. The development of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be linked to the case of Alexey Navalny, the Kremlin said yesterday (Wednesday), amid bristling tensions between the two countries.