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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting this month with Russian President Vladimir Putin — their second since May — should not be construed as bowing to Moscow's will, despite a determination by both sides to continue with the energy project, analysts say. (Associated Press/File)

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin’s Nord Stream pipeline tightens complex ties

By Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas bows in front of the Death Wall, after laying a wreath in the former German Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz)

German foreign minister honors Nazi victims at Auschwitz

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 7, 2017 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to the first working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany. Merkel and Putin will meet on Saturday in the German government's guesthouse Meseberg, north of Berlin, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. The topics will include the civil war in Syria, the conflict in Ukraine, and energy questions. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Merkel, Putin share a headache: Donald Trump

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

Russia-Germany gas pipeline looks to avoid Danish waters

By JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump’s Vladimir Putin charm offensive aims to detach Russia from China, experts say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump labels European Union, Russia, China ‘foes’ of U.S.

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Steady drum of Trump’s anti-Germany remarks raises questions

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

A special crane stacks pipes weighing several tons each which will be used for the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Sassnitz-Mukran harbour in northeastern Germany, 06 December 2016. The first sections of the 1,200 kilometer pipeline were delivered in late October 2016. Around 2,000 of a total 90,000 steal pipe components are currently being stored on the island of Ruegen. According to the Gazprom subsidiary Nord Stream 2 AG, work will begin in mid-2017. So far the politically controversial pipeline, which will have a total capacity of some 55 billion cubic meters, has not recieved building permission. Photo by: Jens Büttner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Nord Stream 2 Russia-Germany pipeline unnerves U.S., riles region

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken Jan. 12, 2017, welcomed in Zagan, Poland, first U.S. troops are arriving at the Zagan base in western Poland as part of the deterrence force of some 1,000 troops to be based here and reassure Poland that is worried about Russia's activity. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ** FILE **

Poland wants permanent U.S. military base, willing to pay $2 billion for it: Report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a joint news conference after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, May 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia will ‘fight’ for German pipeline project despite U.S. opposition: Putin

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Thursday, May 17, 2018. A transcript of Thursday's meeting released by the Kremlin quoted Assad as saying that Syria is making progress in fighting &quot;terrorism,&quot; which &quot;opens the door to the political process.&quot; (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russian gas shipments via Ukraine may continue

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press