Russian Diplomat Says Reviving Nord Stream 2 Line Now Treated as 'Treason' in Germany

Russia's ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechayev, said that proposals to bring the remaining line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline back into operation are now treated as tantamount to treason within German public debate, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

Nechayev said that large industrial enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, and private households in Germany are acutely feeling the consequences of the current situation, though the available reporting does not specify what particular consequences he referenced, such as energy prices or supply availability.

Nord Stream 2 has been at the center of European energy and security debates since sections of the Nord Stream pipeline system were damaged in explosions in 2022, and the pipeline has not carried gas to Germany since. The remaining, undamaged line of Nord Stream 2 has occasionally been the subject of public discussion in Germany, though the government has consistently ruled out its reactivation.

As a statement from a Russian official reported by Russian state media, Nechayev's characterization reflects Moscow's perspective on the issue; no independent confirmation of the domestic German reaction he describes, nor comment from German officials, was included in the source material.