Russia's planned Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline faces mounting political risks that threaten the project's deliverability and is dividing Europe geopolitically. However, a trilateral agreement between EU-Russia-Ukraine guaranteeing continued gas transit through Ukraine beyond 2019 would mitigate Nord Stream-2's most consequential geopolitical effects and allow the pipeline to move forward on a commercial basis.
Russia's planned Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline faces mounting political risks that threaten the project's deliverability and is dividing Europe geopolitically. However, a trilateral agreement between EU-Russia-Ukraine guaranteeing continued gas transit through Ukraine beyond 2019 would mitigate Nord Stream-2's most consequential geopolitical effects and allow the pipeline to move forward on a commercial basis.
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