Puttie told Angela Merkel recently in Tomsk that he feels pissed that Russian investors (who else than Gasprom) are not able to get into the direct business with German consumers. This is the plan and Schroeder helped to realize it. Therefore he is a complete traitor of his compatriots. Eastern Europe plays only a sad underpart in this play.
As I said I have no idea how to get out of this mess. Do you?
For the beginning you could collect all the materials how badly planned pipeline will affect the Baltic Sea. Then under pretext of EU ecologic regulation cancel the deal. Of course I dont believe this to happen as well as I dont believe that Merkel ever was against.
Another case, Gazprom and the German companies broke the ownership laws. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442739/posts
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