Russian minister says cancelling Nord Stream-2 would be 'shot in foot'


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Failure to go ahead with the Nord Stream gas pipeline expansion to double gas shipment from Russia's Baltic coast to Germany, bypassing Ukraine, would be "a shot in the foot," Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Monday.

"Failing to implement it now would be a shot in one's foot from the side of whoever would want to do it," Ulyukayev told a briefing in Brussels.

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