RT published this video item, entitled “Under pressure, but not broken | US is increasing pressure on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project” – below is their description.
The US’ secretary of state plans to convince Germany’s foreign minister to abandon the Nord Stream 2 project. However, the idea may not meet with a warm reception.
RT discusses it with Karin Kneissl — a former foreign minister of Austria
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Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.