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The acceleration of the climate agenda in the developed countries of the world is fraught with their rejection of Russian oil and gas. Ruslan Edelgeriev, Advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Climate.

The German and US authorities have not yet held direct negotiations on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the Handelsblatt newspaper reports, citing a statement from the German Economy Ministry.

As the head of the German-Russian forum Matthias Platzeck said, the economic damage due to Berlin's possible abandonment of the Nord Stream 2 project would be enormous, but the damage to political relations between the countries "cannot be measured at all."

According to him, this step should be considered as a «pause for the start of negotiations», and not as sanctions against Moscow.

The head of the Austrian OMV Rainer Seele said that he fervently hopes for the soonest completion of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Politicians called on the government to tighten it's policy towards Russia.

The fate of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be decided in the coming weeks or months.

Future US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken promised to use «any convincing tool» to do this.

As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the widespread statement, the German regulator of the Nord Stream 2 project - the Federal Office of Maritime Shipping and Hydrography of Germany - has extended the permit for pipe-laying work for Nord Stream 2 until May.

According to the Danish newspaper Politiken, the threat of serious US sanctions forced the consulting firm Rambøll to refuse to participate in the last part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.

As the KazTransOil company informs, Kazakhstan has resumed oil transit through Russia, oil pumping in the Atyrau-Samara section of the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara main oil pipeline has been fully restored.

The parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern voted for the initiative of the regional government to create a special institution named Foundation for Climate and Environment Protection.

The pipe-laying vessel Akademik Chersky, having stood for almost a month not far from Kaliningrad, has returned to the unfinished section of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

According to the head of the Ukrainian GTS Operator, Sergei Makogon, Gazprom has reduced gas transit through Ukraine from about 180 million cubic meters per day at the end of December 2020 to about 130 million cubic meters per day at the beginning of January 2021.

According to Russian experts, OPEC + 's decision on the parameters of the deal for February and March will have a positive effect on the oil market, as it reduces the likelihood of its return to oversupply and should support oil prices.