After the change of government in Germany, ukrainian officials await if there is a new approach concerning the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. However for Naftogaz-CEO Yuri Vitrenko there is no change to expect from Russia. An interview with german newspaper BILD:
The traffic light-coalition is arguing about a contaminated legacy from Merkel and Groko days: the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
▶ ︎ The Greens want to prevent it, see it as a political project by the Kremlin to blackmail Eastern Europe and especially Ukraine.
▶ ︎ The SPD is traditionally in favor of the project in which its ex-boss Gerhard Schröder is the boss.
Apart from Germany and Austria, nobody in the EU is in favor of the Gazprom pipeline. And Ukraine in particular, which has hitherto been the main transit country for Kremlin gas, warns.
BILD spoke to Yuriy Vitrenko (45), the head of the Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz.
