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OPINION: Navalny's arrest may hit Russia's Nord Stream 2 plans

Gas export pipeline likely to be targeted in response to arrest of Russian opposition leader

Wide support: a man holds a placard picturing Alexei Navalny as Russians gather outside a police station near Moscow where the opposition leader is being held following his detention on arrival at Sheremetyevo airport
Wide support: a man holds a placard picturing Alexei Navalny as Russians gather outside a police station near Moscow where the opposition leader is being held following his detention on arrival at Sheremetyevo airportPhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
EuropeGermanyAlexei NavalnyVladimir PutinRussia
Published 19 January 2021, 11:04Updated 19 January 2021, 11:05