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Germany and the US disagree over Russia's new Nordstream 2 pipeline

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Sparks fly and machines whirr as workers in Mukran near Berlin prepare thousands of steel pipes that will become part of a vast undersea pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany's northeastern Baltic coast.

The Nord Stream 2 project will double the amount of natural gas Russia can funnel directly to the heart of Europe from newly tapped reserves in Siberia, intentionally skirting eastern European nations like Poland and Ukraine.