> Matthias Warnig, an ex-Stasi officer in East Germany who until 2023 ran [was CEO of] Nord Stream 2’s parent company for the Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazpr

> Matthias Warnig, an ex-Stasi officer in East Germany who until 2023 ran [was CEO of] Nord Stream 2’s parent company for the Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom.. Warnig called Putin’s invasion an “indescribable mistake” and resigned from the boards of two Kremlin-run energy companies after the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022.. > one US-led consortium of investors has drawn up the outlines of a post-sanctions deal with Gazprom.. some of Trump's team now see the pipeline, which runs from Russia's Vyborg in the Gulf of Finland to Greifswald on Germany's Baltic coast, as a strategic asset that can be leveraged in the Ukraine peace talks, according to administration officials.