Pipe-laying vessel «Fortuna». File photoBERLIN, 4 May.The fund created to support Nord Stream 2 should be dissolved due to the impossibility of cooperation with Russia, said the Prime Minister of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Manuela Schwesig on Wednesday. She said that she had received an expert opinion on how exactly this way, the activities of the foundation can be terminated — this can be done, respectively, by the decision of the foundation itself or its supervisory board. «It is quite clear to us that one of these paths must be passed … A country like Russia, which attacked neighboring Ukraine Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the best of intentions, sought dialogue and cooperation with Russia, first of all, with our partner — the Leningrad Region — not only in the economic field, but also in the field of science and culture,» she said. Schwesig. Therefore, the land authorities are “convinced that the environmental fund built with Nord Stream funds should also be closed,” she added. Prime Minister. At the end of February, the authorities of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announced that they were suspending activities to maintain ties with Russia against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, breaking off partnerships with the Leningrad Region and dissolving the fund, which was originally created in support of Nord Stream 2 «. We are talking about the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Climate and Environmental Protection Fund, established in 2021 with the participation of Nord Stream 2 AG. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in response to an appeal from the leaders of the Donbass republics for help . He emphasized that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, the goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country.
